Improving assignment preference through interspersing additional problems: Brief versus easy problems

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 427-436

  Skinner, Christopher H ^a,c   Fletcher, Priscilla A ^a   Wildmon, Mark ^a   Belfiore, Phillip J ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Department of Counselor Education and Educational Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Assignment preference; Choice; Interspersal; Problem difficulty; Schedules of reinforcement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000366901     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02110515     Document Type: Article

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