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Enhancing Classroom Performance: A Review of Reinforcement Schedules

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During the past decade the application of elementary principles of behavior have become a standard in the classroom teacher's repertoire of behavior change strategies. Unfortunately, the application of more advanced principles of behavior derived through basic behavioral research lies as an untapped resource for classroom teachers. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the use of systematic procedures to deliver reinforcers to enhance academic performance. In this paper we provide educators with information on the use of reinforcement schedules in academic settings. Various schedules of reinforcement are presented along with examples of their application in applied settings.

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  1. Department of Educational Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

    David L. Lee

  2. Department of Education, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania

    Phillip J. Belfiore (Associate Professor)

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Lee, D.L., Belfiore, P.J. Enhancing Classroom Performance: A Review of Reinforcement Schedules. Journal of Behavioral Education 7, 205–217 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022893125346

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