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Download full textCohen, Harold L. – 1967
This paper describes an educational program for 28 adolescent delinquents at a training school for boys. All of the students had histories of educational failure. Individualized programed instruction and a system of extrinsic learning reinforcements were the experimental basis of the program. Points, exchangeable for money, were given to the…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Achievement Tests, Classroom Environment, Delinquency
Cohen, Harold L.; And Others – 1967
Sixteen inmates of the National Training School for Boys who had a poor school history were involved in an educational program which utilized a specially created environment and reinforcement. Students participated in regular classes or worked on individual programed materials to earn points which could be spent in a variety of ways. A cottage…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, Adolescents, Behavior
