Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1971
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Sam Rust, Jr.
Second Committee Member
Hyrum S. Henderson
Third Committee Member
Ted Cooper
Abstract
The hypotheses to be tested in this study are concerned with the use of contingency management. In general, the theory states that behavior normally occurring at a low rate may increase when it is followed by activities which are highly desirable to the student (Premack, 1965). Also suggested in the theory is that a response does not have a zero operant level (Bijou and Baer, 1961). It was assumed, then, that institutionalized offenders enrolled in remedial reading classes have an operant level of some degree for a specific response that could be strengthened by positively reinforcing that response. Because the usual reinforcers for academic learning frequently are not motivating for the offender, an attempt was made to determine the effects of contingency management on reading achievement of adult male felons.
Recommended Citation
Hertlein, Forest J. C., "The Effects of Contingency Management on Reading Achievement of Institutionalized Offenders" (1971). All Master's Theses. 1625.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1625
Language
English
Included in
Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Prison Education and Reentry Commons