ERIC Number: EJ1047166
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8855
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Reduction of Classroom Noise Levels Using Group Contingencies
Ring, Brandon M.; Sigurdsson, Sigurdur O.; Eubanks, Sean L.; Silverman, Kenneth
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v47 n4 p840-844 Win 2014
The therapeutic workplace is an employment-based abstinence reinforcement intervention for unemployed drug users where trainees receive on-the-job employment skills training in a classroom setting. The study is an extension of prior therapeutic workplace research, which suggested that trainees frequently violated noise standards. Participants received real-time graphed feedback of noise levels and had the opportunity to earn monetary group reinforcement for maintaining a low number of noise violations. Results suggested that feedback and monetary reinforcement reduced the number of noise violations.
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Intervention, Therapy, Work Environment, Standards, Acoustics, Feedback (Response), Positive Reinforcement, Behavior Modification, On the Job Training, Contingency Management, Group Dynamics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (DHHS/PHS)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: R01DA019386; R01DA019497; R01DA023864