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EJ621427 EC626675
Title:
Rewarded by Punishment: Reflections on the Disuse of Positive Reinforcement
in Education.
Author(s):: Maag, John W.
Source: Exceptional Children, v67 n2 p173-86 Win 2001
Publication Date: 2001
ISSN: 0014-4029
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--Non-classroom (055); Journal articles
(080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJAUG2001
This article
delineates the reasons why educators find punishment a more acceptable
approach for managing students' challenging behaviors than positive
reinforcement. The article argues that educators should plan the
occurrence of positive reinforcement to increase appropriate behaviors
rather than running the risk of it haphazardly promoting inappropriate
behaviors. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Change; *Behavior Disorders; *Behavior
Modification; *Classroom Techniques; Elementary Secondary Education;
*Positive Reinforcement; Punishment; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher
Student Relationship
