ERIC Number: EJ1444349
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Oct
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8855
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Direct and Indirect Effects of and Preferences for Feedback during the Good Behavior Game in Elementary Classes
Jensen Chotto; Elizabeth Linton; Jeanne M. Donaldson
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v57 n4 p910-925 2024
The Good Behavior Game (GBG) is an effective procedure for reducing disruptive classroom behavior. Students in three fifth-grade classes selected the rules of the GBG and then experienced the GBG with different forms of feedback for rule violations (vocal and visual, vocal only, visual only, no feedback). Following an initial baseline, the four feedback versions of the GBG and a baseline condition were alternated across sessions in a multielement design. All versions of the GBG substantially reduced disruptive behavior below baseline levels. Additionally, in one of the three classes losing the GBG produced an increase in negative peer interactions immediately following the GBG. Following the multielement comparison, we implemented a group-arrangement concurrent-chains preference assessment in which students selected one of the conditions to experience each day. The most selected condition across all classes was the GBG condition, which included both vocal and visual feedback.
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Behavior, Games, Elementary School Students, Behavior Problems, Grade 5, Verbal Communication, Visual Stimuli, Peer Relationship, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Attitudes, Preferences
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Related Records: ED663118
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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