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Contingency contracting with disadvantaged youths: Improving classroom performance.

M L Kelley1, T F Stokes

  • 1West Virginia University.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|October 1, 1982
PubMed
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Student-teacher contracting significantly boosted academic productivity in vocational training. This educational strategy, involving mutual agreement on goals, more than doubled student output compared to attendance-based pay alone.

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Area of Science:

  • Educational Psychology
  • Behavioral Interventions
  • Adolescent Development

Background:

  • Disadvantaged youth in vocational programs often face challenges with academic productivity.
  • Traditional attendance-based incentives may not sufficiently motivate goal-oriented learning.
  • The student-teacher relationship is crucial for implementing effective educational strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of a student-teacher contracting procedure on adolescent academic productivity.
  • To compare the effectiveness of contingent pay based on contract fulfillment versus attendance alone.
  • To assess the feasibility of teacher-led implementation of behavioral interventions.

Main Methods:

  • A reversal experimental design was employed with 13 adolescent students in a vocational training program.

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  • Baseline conditions involved pay contingent solely on attendance.
  • Intervention conditions utilized student-teacher contracts for academic productivity goals, with pay contingent on fulfillment.

    • Main Results:

    • Student academic productivity more than doubled during the contracting conditions compared to baseline.
    • The student-teacher contracting procedure led to a significant increase in goal attainment.
    • The classroom teacher successfully implemented the contracting and contingent pay procedures.

    Conclusions:

    • Student-teacher contracting is an effective intervention for enhancing academic productivity in at-risk adolescents.
    • Collaborative goal setting and contingent reinforcement can significantly improve educational outcomes.
    • This approach offers a practical and effective strategy for vocational training programs.