Teachers encounter an assortment of difficulties related to student conduct. Students exhibiting behavioral struggles within the education setting often adversely influence numerous aspects of the academic and social climate of the classroom\u00a0(Lane et al., 2010).\u00a0 Maggin et al. (2011) suggest that in or to effectively tackle demanding classroom behaviors, educators must utilize research based behavioral management strategies.\u00a0 As such, research supports that token economies systems may serve as an option to address behavior concerns.<\/p>\n
Classroom\u00a0<\/strong>management\u00a0has been shown to directly affect student success.\u00a0 A study by Korpershoek et al. (2016) was performed to establish the relationship between the use of classroom management strategies and the academic and behavioral outcomes of students. Overall, the authors determined that effective\u00a0classroom\u00a0<\/strong>management\u00a0significantly reduces problematic\u00a0behavior, thereby increasing academic success.<\/p>\n Educators can efficiently and successfully foster academic engagement.\u00a0 In order to do so, educators should implement research-based classroom management (Partin et al., 2010).\u00a0 Research based supports, like positive behavioral interventions, are meaningful methods to avert and remedy problem behaviors in addition to bolstering and sustaining school-wide efforts (Mathews et al., 2014).<\/p>\n Token economy systems are representative of a Positive Behavior Support (PBS) system.\u00a0 PBS is a \u201cset of research-based strategies used to increase desired performance and decrease problem behavior by teaching new skills and making changes in a person’s environment\u201d (Carr et al., 2002).\u00a0\u00a0 PBS can be implemented throughout the school or for a specific student to promote positive student behavior and bolster academic achievement (Hoyle et al., 2011).\u00a0\u00a0 Educators have indicated that there is evidence to support a decrease in disruptive behavior after implementation of a PBS system (MacDonald & McGill, 2013).<\/p>\n My research proposal focuses on the implementation of a token economy system.\u00a0 A token economy system provides an avenue to identify, support and reinforce positive behaviors (Kraemer et al., 2012). This form of token system is intended to provide motivation in anticipation of improved academic performance using preferred reinforcements (Moore & Waguespack, 1994). Typically, when students can select their own reinforcements, they are more apt to be engaged in the intervention (Robichaux & Gresham, 2014).<\/p>\n Token economy systems are a form of extrinsic motivation used when students have complied with teacher requests over a preestablished period of time (Musser et al., 2001). Using token economy, students are checked at random intervals in order to encourage them to behave appropriately. With the incentive of getting a prize by doing what the students have been asked, they will, in theory, be more likely to accomplish academic tasks and self-regulate their own behavior<\/p>\n According to Musser et al., (2001), findings suggested that implementation of a token economy intervention successfully lessened the level of disruptive and off-task behavior study participants.\u00a0 Specifically, data from this study indicated that during the intervention phase off-task behavior of a disruptive nature decreased from a baseline of 37% in observed intervals to an average of 10% per interval.\u00a0 Providing further support was a study authored by Kowalewicz & Coffee, 2014.\u00a0 In this study, the authors implemented a token economy intervention in eight diverse elementary school classrooms across seven different schools.\u00a0 In their findings the authors state \u201cdata reflect significant decreases of disruptive behavior in each classroom during intervention implementation\u201d.<\/p>\n The review of pertinent literature supports using a token economies system to increase on-task behavior while decreasing off-task and\/or disruptive behavior.\u00a0 Most of the literature reviewed, demonstrated a gain in student on-task behavior during implementation of a token economics system.\u00a0\u00a0 Although implementation of a token economy system can require a significant amount of time to prepare and a broad understanding of what type of reinforcements will be successful, in the end the token economy system promotes on-task behavior and task completion which leads to a more effective\u00a0 and positive teaching environment.<\/p>\n Teachers encounter an assortment of difficulties related to student conduct. Students exhibiting behavioral struggles within the education setting often adversely influence numerous aspects of the academic and social climate of the classroom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essaysteaching"],"yoast_head":"\nReferences<\/h2>\n
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