Date of Award
4-1985
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Richard W. Malott
Second Advisor
Dr. Wayne Fuqua
Third Advisor
Dr. Malcolm Robertson
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This study evaluated the effectiveness of contracting for all classes and the contigent presentation of incentives for school work completed. fifteen high school students who earned a grade point average below 1.5 (on a 4.0 scale) volunteered for the contracting classroom. The subjects were ranked and randomly assigned to the first experimental group, the second experimental group, or the control group. The first experimental group had incentives contingent upon contracts completed, the second experimental group received the incentive noncontigent upon contract completion, and the control group did not attend the contract completion, and the control group did not attend the contracting classroom. After the first 3 weeks, the difference between the first experimental group versus the control group was statistically significant and the two experimental groups switched treatment conditions. After the second 3 weeks, the first experimental group decreased and the second experimental group increased. The difference between the experimental groups versus the control group was not statistically significant.
Recommended Citation
Harwood, Thomas R., "The Effects of a Performance-Management Procedure on High School Students with Poor Academic Achievement" (1985). Masters Theses. 1384.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1384