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Rickard, J. F.; Body, S.; Zhang, Z.; Bradshaw, C. M.; Szabadi, E. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2009
This experiment examined the relationship between reinforcer magnitude and quantitative measures of performance on progressive-ratio schedules. Fifteen rats were trained under a progressive-ratio schedule in seven phases of the experiment in which the volume of a 0.6-M sucrose solution reinforcer was varied within the range 6-300 microliters.…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Correlation, Reinforcement, Response Rates (Questionnaires)
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Swinson, J.; Knight, R. – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2007
There is a body of evidence that has linked teachers' verbal feedback to pupils with pupil behaviour. In this study teacher verbal behaviour that was directed towards those pupils that the teachers had nominated as being especially difficult to teach was examined. A series of lessons was observed in a secondary school. The quality and quantity of…
Descriptors: Feedback, Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Classroom Communication