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Download full textNichols, Shirley – Maryland English Journal, 1970
To motivate slow learners and discipline-problem pupils to improve their writing skills, a reinforcement program was developed in Baltimore, Maryland, modeled on an earlier program which created a school environment operated like the business world. Upon successful completion of assigned tasks, the experimental group, 24 eighth graders, were given…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Grade 8, Learning Motivation
