The deceleration of inappropriate comments by a natural consequence |
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Authors: | Thomas C. Lovitt Althea O. Lovitt Marie D. Eaton Mary Kirkwood |
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Affiliation: | Professor of Education Experimental Education Unit University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195, USA;Teacher Shoreline School District N.E. 158 & 20 Avenue, N.E. Seattle, Washington 98155, USA;Coordinator of Research Experimental Education Unit University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195, USA;Teacher Shiprock, New Mexico 87420, USA |
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Abstract: | The characters of this study were two boys in a class for pupils with learning disabilities. The subject was a nine-year-old boy who emitted certain inappropriate comments in class. The manager throughout this study was a peer of the subject.Following a period of initial assessment, which revealed that the inappropriate verbalizations occurred about twice each day, the peer-manager, contingent on each inappropriate remark, moved away from the subject to another desk. Furthermore, before he moved, he explained to the subject why he was displeased. The peer-manager, after a period of time, returned to his original location contingent on appropriate verbalizations of the subject.This technique proved effective in that the subject rarely responded inappropriately throughout the remainder of the school term. Further, it was reported that follow-up observations taken the next year, when the pupil was in a different class, revealed that the inappropriate verbalizations had not reoccurred. |
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