Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-dk4vv Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-26T03:40:14.151Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The use of Self-Recording in Behaviour Modification in a Secondary School

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

E. McNamara
E. McNamara
Affiliation:
Lancashire Schools' Psychology Service
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

While behaviour modification techniques are becoming more widely used in primary schools (Ward, 1971; Harrop, 1974; Presland, 1978), special education (McNamara, 1977; Ward, 1975) and even nursery schools (Coleman and Laishley, 1977), only a few studies have demonstrated successful implementation in Secondary Schools (McAllister et al, 1969; Broden et al, 1971). Harrop (1977) found that his in-service training course which had been successful with Primary School teachers was less successful in Secondary Schools. Lane (1977) argues that this is partly due to an inadequate initial functional analysis, whilst McNamara (1977) lists a number of reasons why implementation may be more difficult in the Secondary School setting.

Type
Research Article
Information
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , July 1979 , pp. 57 - 66
Copyright
Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1979

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Bellack, A. S. (1972). A comparison of self-reinforcement and self-monitoring in a weight reduction programme. Behaviour Therapy, Vol. 7, 68–75.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Broden, M. R., Hall, R. V. and Mitts, B. (1971). The effect of self-recording on the classroom behaviour of two eighth grade students. J. Appl. Behaviour Analysis, Vol. 4, No. 3, 191–109.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Coleman, J. and Laishley, J. (1977). Expanding the scope of Educational Psychology. Child: care, health and development, Vol. 3, 105–109.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Graziano, A. M. (Edit.) (1975). Behaviour Therapy with Children, Vol. 2. Aldine Publishing Co., Chicago.Google Scholar
Dougherty, E. H. and Dougherty, A. D. (1977). The daily report card: simplified and flexible package for classroom behaviour management. Psychology in the Schools, Vol. 14, No. 2, 191–195.3.0.CO;2-J>CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Harrop, A. (1974). A behavioural Workshop for the management of classroom problems. British Journal of In-Service Education, Vol. 1, 47–50.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Harrop, A. (1977). The methodology and application of contingency management in schools. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Liverpool.Google Scholar
Kanfer, F. H. and Karoly, P. (1972). Self-control: a behaviourist's excursion into the lion's den. Behaviour Therapy, Vol. 3, 398–416.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Lane, D. A. (1977). Aspects of the use of behaviour modification in secondary school. Quarterly Bulletin of the British Association for Behavioural Psychotherapy, Vol. 5, 76–78.Google Scholar
McAllister, J. G., Stachowiak, J. G., Baer, D. M. and Conderman, L. (1969). The application of operant conditioning techniques in a secondary school classroom. J. Appl. Behaviour Therapy, 4, 277–285.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McFall, R. M. (1970). Effects of self-monitoring on normal smoking behaviour. J. of Consult. & Clin. Psychol, Vol. 35, No. 1, 135–142.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McNamara, E. (1977). Results and impressions of using behaviour modification in a psychological service. Bulletin of Brit. Assoc. for Behaviour Psychotherapy, Vol. 5, No. 3, 55–62.Google Scholar
McNamara, E. and Jeard, C. (1976). Self-control through self-recording. Spec. Education: Forward Trends, Vol. 3, No. 2, 21–24.Google ScholarPubMed
McNamara, E. (1978). Management of Problem Behaviour Through Self-Recording Techniques. Unpublished M.Sc. Thesis: University of Manchester.Google Scholar
McNamara, E. (1979). The treatment of schoolphobia using systematic desensitization with self-recording—manuscript in preparation.Google Scholar
Nelson, R. O., Lipinski, D. P. and Black, J. L. (1976). The relative reactivity of external observations and self-monitoring. Behaviour Therapy, 7, 314–321.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Presland, J. (1978). Teacher reactions to behaviour modification workshops. B.P.S. Division of Educational and Child Psychology. Occasional Papers, 11, 13–19.Google Scholar
Richards, C. S., McReynolds, E. T., Holt, S. and Sexton, T. (1976). Effects of Information Feedback & Self Administered Consequences on Self-Monitoring Study Behaviour. J. of Counselling Psychology, Vol. 23, No. 4, 316–321.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Salzberg, C. L. (1972). Freedom and responsibility in an elementary classroom: in Behaviour Analysis & Education. Semb, G. (Edit.) Lawrence, Kansas.Google Scholar
Thomas, J. D. (1976). Accuracy of self-assessment of on-task behaviour by elementary school children. J. Appl. Behav. Analysis, 9, 209–210.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ward, J. (1971). Modification of children's deviant classroom behaviour. Brit. Journal of Educational Psychology, 41, 304–313.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Ward, J. (1975). Behaviour Modification in Special Education, in Wedell, K. (Edit.) Orientations in Special Education. London. Wiley.Google Scholar
Ward, J. (1976). Behaviour Modification in education, an overview and a model for programme implementation. Bulletin of Brit. Psychol. Soc., Vol. 29, 257–268.Google Scholar
Zimmerman, J. & Levitt, A. (1975). Why not give your client a counter: a survey of what happened when we did. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 13, 333–337.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Submit a response

Comments

No Comments have been published for this article.