title: Effects of teacher attention on study behavior.
abstract: The effects of contingent teacher attention on study behavior were investigated. Individual rates of study were recorded for one first-grade and five third-grade pupils who had high rates of disruptive or dawdling behavior. A reinforcement period (in which teacher attention followed study behavior and non-study behaviors were ignored) resulted in sharply increased study rates. A brief reversal of the contingency (attention occurred only after periods of non-study behavior) again produced low rates of study. Reinstatement of teacher attention as reinforcement for study once again markedly increased study behavior. Follow-up observations indicated that the higher study rates were maintained after the formal program terminated.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jackson