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How Peer Tutoring and Group Contingencies Can Improve Academic Performance

June 20, 2016 bsci21 0

By Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA bSci21 Contributing Writer A study conducted by Pigott, Fantuzzo, and Clement (1986) investigated the effects of reciprocal peer tutoring and group contingencies on the academic performance of elementary school children. […]

Ivory Tower

Reinforcement Isn’t Real

March 13, 2015 5

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D President, bSci21Media, LLC Yep, you heard me right. Reinforcement isn’t real. Not if you are a functional contextualist. You see there are at least two dominant philosophical views in […]

Society

The Use of Respondent Conditioning in Improving Health Outcomes

February 6, 2017 0

Emily Mandel, M.S., BCBA, LABA bSci21 Contributing Writer Approximately 133 million Americans (50% of the overall population) suffer from chronic illness, which results in 7 in 10 deaths each year (Center for Disease Control and […]

Business/OBM

How to Survive as a Behavior Analytic Entrepreneur

November 12, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC Brett DiNovi, M.A., BCBA Brett DiNovi & Associates As behavior analysts look to start their own businesses many initially struggle. Entrepreneurship has been referred to as a roller […]

Society

Predict your next football game with the Generalized Matching Equation!

October 19, 2015 0

By Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D Founding Editor, bSci21.org Stilling and Critchfield, in a study published in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, tested the degree to which the Generalized Matching Equation (GME) predicted the selection […]

ABA Practice

On The Phrase “Having a Behavior”

October 14, 2015 11

By Clelia Sigaud, M.S. bSci21 Contributing Writer I have a question for myself and other professionals who use Applied Behavior Analysis in their work. When did it become okay to use the term “behavior” only […]

Society

Drone Shows: A new behavioral trend for Independence Day

July 4, 2018 0

Todd A. Ward, PhD, BCBA-D bSci21Media, LLC B.F. Skinner devoted a healthy portion of his writings towards culture, cultural practices, and social issues, from a behavioral perspective, heavily overlaid with biological metaphors, as was his […]