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. 2007 Summer;40(2):317-20.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.2007.86-06.

Effects of teacher greetings on student on-task behavior

R Allan Allday  1 , Kerri Pakurar
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Effects of teacher greetings on student on-task behavior

R Allan Allday et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 2007 Summer.

Abstract

A multiple baseline design across participants was used to determine how teacher greetings affected on-task behavior of 3 middle school students with problem behaviors. Momentary time sampling was used to measure on-task behavior during the first 10 min of class. Teacher greetings produced increases in students' on-task behavior from a mean of 45% in baseline to a mean of 72% during the intervention phase. Teacher greetings represent an antecedent manipulation that can easily be implemented in classrooms to improve students' on-task behavior.

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Percentage of intervals with on-task behaviors across participants and phases.
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