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Class-wide function-related intervention teams: Effects of group contingency programs in urban classrooms

The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the Class-Wide Function-related Intervention...

A comparison of standardized and group contingencies in a classroom setting

The applied use of group operant contingencies has proliferated in recent years creating the need...

A comparison of individual and group contingency systems in a first-grade class

Individual and group management programs have been reported to be effective methods of reducing off‐task...

Increasing tootling: The effects of a peer-monitored group contingency program on students’ reports of peers’ prosocial behaviors

In most educational ecologies, attention and consequences are focused on inappropriate behavior. Often students observe...

Home-based reinforcement procedures

Over the past 20 years, behavior therapists have become more reliant on the use of...

PeaceBuilders: A theoretically driven, school-based model for early violence prevention

PeaceBuilders is a schoolwide violence-prevention program for elementary schools (K-5). A coalition of the Pima...

Initial behavior outcomes for the PeaceBuilders universal school-based violence prevention program

PeaceBuilders is a universal, elementary-school-based violence prevention program that attempts to alter the climate of...

The Good Behavior Game: A best practice candidate as a universal behavioral vaccine

A “behavioral vaccine” provides an inoculation against morbidity or mortality, impacting physical, mental, or behavior...

Magnitude of teacher expectancy effects on pupil IQ as a function of the credibility of expectancy induction: A synthesis of findings from 18 experiments

Meta-analysis was used to examine the variability in the outcomes of experiments testing the effects...

Teachers’ expectancies: Determinants of pupils’ IQ gains

Within each of 18 classrooms, an average of 20% of the children were reported to...