1st Edition

Behaviour Analysis in Educational Psychology

Edited By Kevin Wheldall, Frank Merrett, Ted Glynn Copyright 1986
    286 Pages
    by Routledge

    286 Pages
    by Routledge

    In the early 1980s there had been a marked increase in the application of behavioural methods in schools. However, much of this work was weak conceptually and limited in its remit. Behaviour analysis has more to offer education than ‘smarties’ and time-out.

    Originally published in 1986, this collection of twenty papers, many of them experimental, serves to demonstrate the power of behaviour analysis in a wide variety of applications. The editors stress the importance of antecedent control, as well as consequence management strategies, and illustrate their relevance in solving problems in everyday situations at school and in the home. The Editors, whose own work is well represented in this collection, are acknowledged as leading researchers in this field.

    Introductory Preface.  Section A: Methodology of Behaviour Analysis  A1. Why Measure Behaviour? Sam Winter  A2. Baselines and Basics: Some Issues in the Assessment of Behavioural Interventions in Education Josh Schwieso  A3. The Use of Single-Subject Research Methodology in Special Education Diane Berryman and Bryce Cooper  A4. An Observation Procedure for Assessing Children’s Social Behaviours in Free Play Settings Keith Ballard  A5. The Use of Serial Correlation in the Analysis of Data from Interrupted Time Series Trials with Single Subjects in Educational Research Reg Marsh  Section B: Antecedent Control  B1. Antecedent Control of Behaviour in Educational Contexts Ted Glynn  B2. Rows versus Tables: An Example of the Use of Behavioural Ecology in Two Classes of Eleven-Year-Old Children Kevin Wheldall, Marion Morris, Pamela Vaughan and Yin Yuk Ng  B3. Variation in Question Rate as a Function of Position in the Classroom Dennis Moore and Ted Glynn  B4. The Effect of Adult Proximity and Serving Style on Pre-Schoolers’ Language and Eating Behaviour Mary Baker, Mary Foley, Ted Glynn and Stuart McNaughton  Section C: Control of Social Behaviour by Its Consequences  C1. Behaviour Modification in the Secondary School: Issues and Outcomes Eddie McNamara  C2. Self-recording as a Means of Improving Classroom Behaviour in the Secondary School Frank Merrett and Dorothy Blundell  C3. The Establishment and Decline of a Token Reinforcement Program with Three Emotionally Disturbed Pre-school Children Walt Musgrove  C4. Carryover Effects of Multielement Manipulation: Enhancement of Pre-schoolers’ Appropriate Rest-time Behaviour Michael Miller, C. Sue McCullough and Jerome Ulman  Section D: Control of Academic Behaviour  D1. Childcare Workers’ Use of Talking up and Incidental Teaching Procedures Under Standard and Self-Management Staff Training Packages Helen Charles, Ted Glynn and Stuart McNaughton  D2. Training Low Progress Readers to Use Contextual Cues: Generalized Effects on Comprehension, Oral Accuracy and Rate Elizabeth Limbrick, Stuart McNaughton and Ted Glynn  D3. Behavioural Peer Tutoring: Training 16-Year-Old Tutors to Employ the ‘Pause, Prompt and Praise’ Method with 12-Year-Old Remedial Readers Kevin Wheldall and Paul Mettem  D4. A Behavioural Approach to Teaching Subsidiary Physics to Engineering Students Brian Pickthorne and Kevin Wheldall  Section E: Training Teachers and Parents to Use Behavioural Methods  E1. Training Parents and Teachers in Remedial Procedures for Children with Learning Difficulties Jeanette Scott and Keith Ballard  E2. Training Teachers to Use the Behavioural Approach to Classroom Management: A Review Frank Merrett and Kevin Wheldall.

    Biography

    Wheldall, Kevin; Merrett, Frank; Glynn, Ted