Abstract
A multiple baseline design across participants was used to determine how teacher greetings affected on-task behavior of 3 middle school students with problem behaviors. Momentary time sampling was used to measure on-task behavior during the first 10 min of class. Teacher greetings produced increases in students' on-task behavior from a mean of 45% in baseline to a mean of 72% during the intervention phase. Teacher greerings represent an antecedent manipulation that can easily be implemented in classrooms to improve students' on-task behavior.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 317-320 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2007 |
Keywords
- Antecedent
- Middle school students
- On-task behavior
- Teacher attention
- Teaching
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Philosophy
- Applied Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science