Training teachers as mediators: Efficacy of a workshop versus the bug-in-the-ear technique |
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Authors: | P. Edwards Bowles Rosemery O. Nelson |
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Affiliation: | Mental Retardation Unit Broughton Hospital Morgantown, North Carolina, USA;Department of Psychology University of North Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina 27412, USA |
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Abstract: | The implementation of behavior modification techniques in school settings often relies on effective training of teachers as mediators. At the conclusion of Phase I, the performance of an experimental group of 13 teachers who were taught behavior modification by means of an inservice workshop was compared with a no-treatment control group. Although the experimental group scored higher on a paper-and-pencil test of behavior modification, there were no differences between the two groups on selected observed in-class behaviors. During Phase II, half of the experimental group of teachers received two hours of bug-in-the-ear (BIE) training in their own classrooms. BIE resulted in changes in the classroom behaviors of praise and contingency statements. These results are discussed in terms of the situation and response mode specificity of behavior and in terms of the implications for future workshops and research. |
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