- Use of Punishment - Describe some ways that you use punishment to control the actions of students. How are they effective? Are there alternatives that don't require the use of aversive stimulation?*
- Behavior Contracts - Research the use of "contracts", or contracting, in the classroom. Why is the use of contracts thought to be a behavioral technique? Have you used it? How well did it work?*
- Assertive Discipline - The thinking of many behaviorists would lead you to believe that assertive discipline (after Lee and Marlene Canter) is a simple and direct extension of Thorndike's law of effect. In what ways is assertive discipline a reasonable extension? But, Mayer (chapter 7) has a different twist on the Law of Effect. If Mayer's modified Law of Effect is reasonable, does assertive discipline still make sense as a "meaningful" way of changing student behavior?*
- P.A.T. and P.P.L. - The major parts of Jones' system are his limit setting, PAT, and PPL (praise, prompt and leave). Select, describe and critique ONE of these parts. *
- Story Analysis - Locate a story and analyze some of the conflicts in it. Children's stories are good sources. Use the schemes described by Anderson to help decide whether the conflict(s) are interpersonal, intrapersonal, intergroup, and/or intragroup. Also, describe how each of the conflicts was resolved.*
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