Evaluating preschool children's preferences for motivational systems during instruction

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-261

  Heal, Nicole A ^a   Hanley, Gregory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Concurrent chains arrangement; Embedded reinforcement; Instruction; Preschoolers; Sequential reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 34547667062     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2007.59-05     Document Type: Article

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