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Boyd, Joshua – Music Educators Journal, 2013
Students are motivated when they have a constant system of rewards. They have a desire to please others and be recognized. It was with this idea in mind that the Smokey Road Middle School Band in Newman, Georgia, started using the "Power in the Progress System" in 2011. This system, created by H. Dwight Satterwhite, a professor of music…
Descriptors: Music, Music Education, Positive Reinforcement, Middle School Students
Bickelhaupt, Delane L. – Georgia School Counselors Association Journal, 2011
This paper is a description of an action research (AR) study done with chronically absent elementary school students. The AR sought to answer these questions: 1) do reinforcement and daily check-ins increase attendance and 2) why are some students absent? Related literature regarding attendance and the methods used for the study are described and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reinforcement, School Counselors, Action Research
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Lux, Karen; McCullick, Bryan A. – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2011
The purpose of this study was to analyze how one exceptional elementary physical education teacher navigated her working environment as the teacher of a marginal subject. Structuration Theory (Giddens, 1984) was used to make meaning of how the teacher functioned within her school community allowing her to remain motivated and effective. Data…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Work Environment, Elementary School Teachers
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Hawkins, Shannon M.; Heflin, L. Juane – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2011
Teachers working with students with emotional/behavioral disorders (EBD) in elementary schools can be helped to increase use of an important behavioral strategy, behavior-specific praise statements (BSPS). Unfortunately, teachers' behaviors return to baseline levels when researchers leave, and little is known about the use of praise on high school…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Behavior, Positive Reinforcement, Emotional Disturbances
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Mitchell, W. Bede; Smith, Fred W. – Journal of Access Services, 2005
For as long as libraries have charged fines for books returned after their due dates, this familiar practice has excited comment and controversy. Fines are thought by many to deter patrons from keeping materials too long. However, others believe there is little persuasive evidence that fines are more effective at minimizing overdues than are…
Descriptors: Library Services, Positive Reinforcement, Rewards, Academic Libraries
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Rohner, Ronald P.; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1996
Explores interrelationships among physical punishment, perceived caretaker acceptance-rejection, and youths' psychological adjustment. Administered self-report questionnaires to 281 school children in grades 3 through 12. Results suggest that physical punishment is associated with children's psychological maladjustment only if youths perceive…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Caregiver Role, Children