The Effect of Schedule Thinning on Student Behavior During the Caught Being Good Game.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10150262 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May
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The Effect of Schedule Thinning on Student Behavior During the Caught Being Good Game.
Behavior modification 20221113 3
The Caught Being Good Game (CBGG) is a classroom management intervention which is described as a variation of the classic Good Behavior Game (GBG). It is based on the principle of positive reinforcement, such that teams of students can earn points for following the class rules during the game. Points are awarded by the teacher at different intervals during the game and these intervals were the focus of the current study. We aimed to determine if the CBGG is effective with an initially dense sche ...[more]
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