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. 1979 Summer;12(2):235–253. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1979.12-235

Standardized classroom management program: Social validation and replication studies in Utah and Oregon

Charles R Greenwood 1,2, Hyman Hops 1,2, Hill M Walker 1,2, Jacqueline J Guild 1,2, Judith Stokes 1,2, K Richard Young 1,2, Kenneth S Keleman 1,2, Marlyn Willardson 1,2
PMCID: PMC1311366  PMID: 16795604

Abstract

A comprehensive validation study was conducted of the Program for Academic Survival Skills (PASS), a consultant-based, teacher-mediated program for student classroom behavior. The study addressed questions related to: (a) brief consultant training, (b) subsequent teacher training by consultants using PASS manuals, (c) contrasts between PASS experimental teachers and students and equivalent controls on measures of teacher management skills, student classroom behavior, teacher ratings of student problem behaviors, and academic achievement, (d) reported satisfaction of participants, and (e) replication of effects across two separate school sites. Results indicated that in both sites significant effects were noted in favor of the PASS experimental group for (a) teacher approval, (b) student appropriate classroom behavior, and (c) four categories of student inappropriate behavior. Program satisfaction ratings of students, teachers, and consultants were uniformly positive, and continued use of the program was reported a year later. Discussion focused upon issues of cost-effectiveness, differential site effects, and the relationship between appropriate classroom behavior and academic achievement.

Keywords: Classroom control and discipline, group contingencies, group reinforcement, behavior management programs, program evaluation, social validation, children

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