Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
| Reinforcement | 5 |
| Positive Reinforcement | 4 |
| Intelligence Quotient | 3 |
| Motivation | 3 |
| Preschool Children | 3 |
| Academic Achievement | 2 |
| Cognitive Development | 2 |
| Intelligence Tests | 2 |
| Rewards | 2 |
| Arithmetic | 1 |
| Autism | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
| BLAKE, KATHRYN A. | 1 |
| Baer, Donald M. | 1 |
| Carlson, Ralph M. | 1 |
| Quay, Lorene C. | 1 |
| Radin, Norma | 1 |
| Shukla Mehta, Smita | 1 |
| Staats, Arthur W. | 1 |
| Ward, Karen D. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| New York | 1 |
| New York (Syracuse) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full text
Direct linkWard, Karen D.; Shukla Mehta, Smita – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2019
Social participation of children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in natural environments can be enhanced by teaching them to communicate spontaneously, at least in situations where they have the motivation to access specific items or activities by controlling the amount of access for these stimuli. The purpose of this study was to determine…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Stimuli, Motivation
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
A study was conducted to test the effectiveness of a preschool program which emphasized rapid attainment of basic academic concepts. The experimentals were 4- to 5-year-old lower class, predominantly Negro, children. For 2 years they received instruction 2 hours daily, 5 times a week, in a group where the pupil-teacher ratio was five to one. To…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Compensatory Education, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedQuay, Lorene C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Intelligence Quotient
Carlson, Ralph M.; And Others – 1970
A study was designed to investigate the effects of a token reinforcement system on the academic performance of a regular third grade classroom (N=22). Two performance tasks were used: oral reading from standard classroom materials and a unique task (a series of sound-symbol associations) designed to study acquisition and retention. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 3, Intelligence, Reading Rate
Baer, Donald M. – 1967
In order to investigate the effect of reinforcing subject responses to Stanford-Binet test items, regardless of whether such responses were correct or not, one-half of a sample of Head Start children were administered a standard Stanford-Binet test and the other half were administered the same test with the modification that responses were…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Positive Reinforcement
BLAKE, KATHRYN A.; AND OTHERS – 1959
IN THIS INVESTIGATION, AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF SYSTEMATIC VARIATIONS OF SELECTED CONDITIONS OF REINFORCEMENT. EMPLOYED AS SUBJECTS WERE THREE GROUPS OF CHILDREN (MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, INTELLECTUALLY NORMAL, AND INTELLECTUALLY SUPERIOR), ALL OF WHOM HAVE MENTAL AGES (REVISED STANFORD-BINET, FORM L) WITHIN THE 9 TO 12-YEAR…
Descriptors: Individual Testing, Learning Processes, Mental Retardation, Problem Solving
Staats, Arthur W. – 1968
Twelve culturally disadvantaged 4-year-olds of borderline normal intelligence were subjects of this study. Its primary purpose was to test further the cognitive learning theory previously developed, as well as the reinforcement system, the facilities, and the experimental-longitudinal methods of research. The study did not include a control group…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged, Experimental Programs, Handwriting
Radin, Norma – 1970
This document reports an investigation of the relationship between maternal practices as observed in the home and the cognitive development of young children from low-income families. The purpose of the study was to determine if lower-class maternal warmth was associated with intellectual growth of the child. Fifty-two lower class mothers were…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Intellectual Development, Intelligence Quotient
