Author : Andrew Markelz
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)
Book Synopsis Effects of Electronic Tactile Awareness Prompting with Self-monitoring on Teachers' Use of Behavior Specific Praise by : Andrew Markelz
Download or read book Effects of Electronic Tactile Awareness Prompting with Self-monitoring on Teachers' Use of Behavior Specific Praise written by Andrew Markelz and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Effectively managing a classroom is critical in promoting positive student outcomes. Regardless of research suggesting a correlation between the two, teachers report feeling unprepared to deal with challenging behaviors. As a result, teachers resort to reactive classroom management rather than proactive and preventative strategies. Behavior specific praise (BSP) is an empirically supported, proactive strategy to reinforce desirable student behaviors. Following a review of the literature, we identified tactile prompting and self-monitoring as effective methods to increase teachers use of BSP while sustaining intervention long enough until teachers contacted natural maintaining contingencies. We created electronic tactile awareness prompting with self-monitoring (eTAPS) by combining two applications on Apple Watch. This study primarily investigated the effects of eTAPS on special education teachers use of BSP. Secondarily, this study investigated the impact that BSP would have on the on-task behaviors of targeted students with disabilities demonstrating frequent off-task behaviors. Results indicated that eTAPS was effective in increasing and maintaining BSP rates. Furthermore, significant increases in student on-task behavior occurred. Implications of results and future research are discussed.