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Category Archives: Teaching b mod
B mod on the Today Show
From JohnL over on Behavior Modification. US television’s the Today Show carried a segment about child management featuring Alan Kazdin’s methods. The segment, called “Meltdown! How to tame your tot’s tantrum,” has two main parts. In the first, Matt Lauer … Continue reading
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Self-managing procrastination
From JohnL over on Behavior Modification. Summer is a great time to do some self-management, no? If you think it is, then Dick Malott’s got some help for you. Slip on over to his place and work your way through … Continue reading
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Another mistake on NR
From JohnL over on Behavior Modification. Here’s another oopsie on “negative reinforcement.” This one is from a site that’s discussing the application of behavioral principles for the business environment, so it’s a little afield for us, but I’m throwing it … Continue reading
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Wrong about negative reinforcement
From JohnL over on Behavior Modification. I was happy to note that several students in the first meeting of my introductory class this term knew that negative reinforcement does not mean punishment. Sadly, I happened to come across another example … Continue reading
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Precision Teaching conference pending
The 2010 International Precision Teaching Conference will be held in Seattle (WA, US) 4-6 November 2010. Sponsored by the Standard Celeration Society, a group that promotes the use of systematic data collection procedures and objective analysis of inst… Continue reading
Posted in b mod, behavior, behavior analysis, behavior problems, classrooms, Data collection, fundamentals, Increasing responding, instruction, learning, measurement, News, Other Sites, planning, Press, Professional development, Research, schools, Self-management, teacher education, teachers, teaching, Teaching b mod, Training
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Why not only positives?
Teacher A: Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we didn’t have to use any aversive procedures. Punishment is such a drag. Teacher B: Yes! I agree. Positive reinforcement is sooo powerful—shaping, schedules, maintenance, and all that. You can d… Continue reading
Posted in b mod, behavior problems, Classroom management, classrooms, discipline, disruptive behavior, Ethics, fundamentals, Increasing responding, instruction, pbis, pbs, problems, Professional development, punishment, Reducing responding, reinforcement, Research, schools, teacher education, teacher's thinking, teaching, Teaching b mod
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No spanking
Look under ‘posters & stickers’ I am pleased to call readers’ (both of you) attention to Continue reading
Posted in b mod, behavior problems, Classroom management, discipline, Ethics, Other Sites, problems, punishment, Reducing responding, Teaching b mod
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Why animal research matters
In “Like a Rat: Animal research and your child’s behavior” that they penned for Slate, Alan Kazdin and Carlo Rotella explain why it is sensible to infer methods for modifying human behavior from research on rats, pigeons, and monkeys. They quite clearly show how what we know from systematic research on infra-human organisms applies to [...] Continue reading
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Notes about reducing misbehavior
The recent discussions in the press and the US Congress about seclusion and restraint prompted me to draft these preliminary notes about alternatives that are available to school personnel. Generally, one does not need to resort to putting students in isolation or holding them to the ground.
Schools that employ evidence-based practices have a wealth [...] Continue reading
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Current Directions in Behavioral Science
Matt Normand, a professor at the University of the Pacific who maintains a site he calls “The Skinner Box,” publishes a series of podcasts about behavior analysis. The second of these, released 5 August 2008, is a discussion of functional behavioral analsys (FBA). Much of the content features a conversation with Brian Iwata about his [...] Continue reading
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