This research tested the application of organizational behavior management (OBM) procedures in order to improve principals' effectiveness and teachers' and students' performance. After establishing baseline rates for: (1) principal and teachers' verbal praise, non-verbal feedback and goal setting and, (2) academic performance of students, in three classes in two schools (one, elementary school, the other, secondary), treatment conditions were introduced in two different experimental designs: single-subject reversal design and multiple-baseline across-subjects design. During the intervention phases, the rates of praise, feedback and goal setting increased, as well as the academic performance of the students. The principals' effectiveness with an important instructional leadership skill was demonstrated. The results suggest that the behavior of principals and teachers may change positively after the application of OBM procedures and may positively impact upon students' performance.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UMASS/oai:scholarworks.umass.edu:dissertations-7687 |
| Date | 01 January 1989 |
| Creators | Gillat, Alex |
| Publisher | ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst |
| Source Sets | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest |
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