Alexander has been teaching fifth grade for ten years, and has accumulated much expertise in what is known as "contingency management-" applying the principles of operant conditioning to the classroom in order to motivate children to learn, and to reduce the frequency of disruptive behaviors. He recommended the following Website to the student teacher he is supervising because it points out the rationale behind some of the techniques he has used in the classroom for years:

http://clawww.lmu.edu/Faculty/LSwenson/Learning511/L11RAPP.html

This activity contains 3 questions.

	What is the Premack principle, and how can it be used in the classroom?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Should contingency management plans include planned aversive consequences? Why or why not?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	The first step in the process of contingency management is to decide what "target" behaviors should be changed. What are two important criteria that one must keep in mind when deciding what these target behaviors are?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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