Examines some basic principles underlying success or failure in classroom management and suggests activities to promote cooperative awareness among students. (CM)

Teachers at two elementary schools conducted behavior modification projects in their classrooms to verify the existence of reciprocity between the amount of reinforcement given and the amount received. Their findings, following approximately four weeks, suggest that such a relationship exists. (Author)

By use of student-selected consequences and an individual token reinforcement program, a special education student's habitual slouching in his chair was decreased and other positive behavior changes occurred. Procedures were carried out in the usual classroom setting, required only available school personnel and an inexpensive reward. (DS)