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Thompson, L. J. – 1978
The question examined by this study was: Are the traditional reinforcers common to many planned programs of reinforcement in the classroom relevant and meaningful to the pupils themselves? Data is reported from a questionnaire administered to seven-year-old pupils, ten-year-old pupils, and their teachers. A discrepancy was found between reward…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedSharpley, Christopher F. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1984
Studies the effect of implicit reinforcement on 32 fourth-graders; subjects copied the letters of the alphabet under varying reward conditions. (Author/CI)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Extinction (Psychology), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFerguson, Elizabeth; Houghton, Stephen – Educational Studies, 1992
Presents study results examining the effectiveness of teacher praise on children's on-task behavior. Describes Canter's Assertive Discipline, its use in Australia, and the basics of a study of the technique. Reports that all teacher subjects increased rates of praising following training, and all but one student improved levels of behavior.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
