Promoting Self-Concept, Social Skills, and Interpersonal Relations: The Tootling Intervention.

Autor/inn/en	Wilson, Patti; Rhymer, Katrina; Landis, Julie; Skinner, Christopher
Titel	Promoting Self-Concept, Social Skills, and Interpersonal Relations: The Tootling Intervention.
Quelle	(2001), (68 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Behavior Modification; Classroom Environment; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Interpersonal Competence; Interpersonal Relationship; Motivation; Peer Relationship; Praise; Reinforcement; Self Concept; Social Skills Rating System + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; Mittelstufe; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Peer-Beziehungen; Lob; Positive Verstärkung; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	A project was undertaken to investigate the effects of tootling on social skills, self-concept, interpersonal relations, and classroom environment. The tootling intervention reinforces students for engaging in acts of kindness. Two fifth-grade classes participated in the study over a seven-week period. The Social Skills Rating System, the Multidimensional Self Concept Scale, and the Assessment of Interpersonal Relations were all completed. Within the first three days of the study, the number of tootles significantly increased resulting in the attainment of the goal. When the experimental group received a reprimand by the principal, the number of tootles significantly dropped. Similar findings were reported in the literature when the principal implemented an unplanned group-punishment procedure. Several limitations of the study were noted. Many students in the control and experimental groups had trouble reading the measures even though they were written on a fifth-grade reading level. Future researchers need to focus on obtaining more teacher-researcher collaboration during the implementation of the procedure. (Contains 7 tables, 14 appendixes, and 22 references.) (JDM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC