Enhancing On-Task Behavior in Fourth-Grade Students Using a Modified Color Wheel System

Carolyn Blondin; Christopher Skinner; John Parkhurst; Allison Wood; Jamie Snyder

doi:10.1080/15377903.2012.643756

Enhancing On-Task Behavior in Fourth-Grade Students Using a Modified Color Wheel System

Carolyn Blondin^*, Christopher Skinner, John Parkhurst, Allison Wood, Jamie Snyder

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The authors used a withdrawal design to evaluate the effects of a modified Color Wheel System (M-CWS) on the on-task behavior of 7 students enrolled in the 4th grade. Standard CWS procedures were modified to include a 4th set of rules designed to set behavioral expectation for cooperative learning activities. Mean data showed that immediately after the M-CWS was applied, on-task behavior increased. In subsequent phases, on-task behavior immediately decreased when the M-CWS was withdrawn and immediately increased when it was reapplied, with no overlapping data across adjacent phases. For each participant, effects sizes calculated across the 3 adjacent phases revealed large effects for 20/21 comparisons. In addition to providing evidence of internal validity, these results demonstrate how educators can adapt the system.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	37-58
Number of pages	22
Journal	Journal of Applied School Psychology
Volume	28
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15377903.2012.643756
State	Published - Jan 2012

Keywords

contextual validity
modified color wheel system
on-task behavior
transitions

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Developmental and Educational Psychology
Applied Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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