ERIC Number: EJ1141303
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Mar
Pages: 16
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The Quiet Classroom Game: A Class-Wide Intervention to Increase Academic Engagement and Reduce Disruptive Behavior
Radley, Keith C.; Dart, Evan H.; O'Handley, Roderick D.
School Psychology Review, v45 n1 p93-108 Mar 2016
The current study investigated the effectiveness of the Quiet Classroom Game, an interdependent group contingency using an iPad loaded with a decibel meter app, for increasing academically engaged behavior. Three first-grade classrooms in the southeastern United States, identified as displaying high levels of noise and disruptive behavior, were included in the study. A multiple-baseline design with an embedded ABAB condition sequence was used to evaluate the effect of implementation of the Quiet Classroom Game on academically engaged behavior, disruptive behavior, and classroom decibel level. Implementation of the intervention resulted in large increases in academically engaged behavior, moderate to large reductions in disruptive behavior, and large decreases in classroom noise. Results of social validity checklists administered to teachers and students indicated acceptability and utility of the intervention. Findings of the study suggest that the Quiet Classroom Game may be an effective method for increasing the academically engaged behavior and decreasing the noise and disruptive behavior of first-grade students in a general-education setting.
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Educational Games, Contingency Management, Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Behavior Problems, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Learner Engagement, Check Lists, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Acoustics, Rating Scales, Intervention, Likert Scales, Observation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 1; Primary Education; Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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