An analysis of how the introduction of a lottery-based token reinforcement system impacts upon behaviour in a Year 7 mathematics lesson
Benjamin Pickles
(PGCE Secondary Mathematics,2019-2020)
Email: bpickles@stbedes.cambs.sch.uk
Abstract
A raffle ticket-based lottery token economy was found to be a potentially useful system for promoting positive pupil behaviours in a Year 7 mathematics lesson. This behaviour management system is both cost effective and easy to implement, making it a potentially useful tool for teachers (particularly those teachers who find implementing behaviour management systems difficult). The negative behaviour of two pupils (who typically struggle to regulate their behaviour) appeared to improve significantly following the introduction of the raffle ticketbased lottery token economy. Unfortunately, the closure of schools in England (due to the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown) resulted in many variables across the two lessons (with and without the raffle ticket-based lottery token economy). Therefore, the study was unable to yield any conclusions regarding the effectiveness of the system.
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Citation: Pickles, B. (2021) 'An analysis of how the introduction of a lottery-based token reinforcement system impacts upon behaviour in a Year 7 mathematics lesson' Journal of Trainee Teacher Educational Research, Volume 12 pp.001-034 (Downloaded from http://jotter.educ.cam.ac.uk/, [date of access])