Special Education and Reinforcement Theory: Are we Reinforcing Deficient Behavior?.

Stoppleworth, Leland J.

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Publication Date: 1974

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Special Education and Reinforcement Theory: Are we Reinforcing Deficient Behavior?

Stoppleworth, Leland J.

Psychology in the Schools, 11, 3, 357-359, 74

The consequences that follow behavioral performance play an important part in operant learning theory. This article asks if special educational practice take into consideration the possibility that the performance of deficient behavior may, in fact, have reinforcing consequences for some handicapped individuals. (Author)

Descriptors: Individual Instruction, Learning Theories, Reinforcement, Social Reinforcement, Special Education, Teaching Methods

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