Reducing disruptive behaviors of elementary physical education students with sit and watch.
This study reduced the disruptive behaviors of students in two elementary physical education classes: a regular fourth-grade class comprised of 30 students and an alternative education class containing 14 fourth- and fifth-grade boys with severe behavior problems. Using a multiple baseline design, we introduced a modified time-out procedure called "Sit and Watch." The procedure reduced the frequency of disruptive behaviors by 95%. Sit and Watch proved to be socially acceptable to parents, school personnel, and the physical education teacher.
White
A G
AG
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306.
Bailey
J S
JS
D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D012931:Social Environment