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ERIC Number: EJ433764
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
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Modifying School Attendance of Special Education High School Students.
Licht, Barbara G.; And Others
Journal of Educational Research, v84 n6 p368-73 Jul-Aug 1991
Study evaluated a program to modify school attendance for 20 special education high school students. A treatment group received social and tangible rewards for good attendance, and their parents received notices about absences. They showed no decline in attendance over a semester, whereas control group students showed significant declines. (SM)
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Disabilities, High Schools, Incentives, Positive Reinforcement, Rewards, Social Reinforcement, Special Education, Student Motivation, Truancy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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