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    This contingency contract is designed for Olumide, a sixth grade student who has been exhibiting unacceptable behaviors like failing to participate in class, incomplete work, and messy handwriting. The contract outlines expectations for Olumide to focus in class, complete tasks with 90% accuracy, turn in homework on time, and organize his work neatly. If Olumide meets these expectations, he will be allowed to participate in swimming and taekwondo. If not, he will forfeit recess and not participate in extracurricular activities. The contract uses positive reinforcement through rewards and punishment through consequences to shape Olumide's behavior.

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    This contingency contract is designed for Olumide, a sixth grade student who has been exhibiting unacceptable behaviors like failing to participate in class, incomplete work, and messy handwriting. The contract outlines expectations for Olumide to focus in class, complete tasks with 90% accuracy, turn in homework on time, and organize his work neatly. If Olumide meets these expectations, he will be allowed to participate in swimming and taekwondo. If not, he will forfeit recess and not participate in extracurricular activities. The contract uses positive reinforcement through rewards and punishment through consequences to shape Olumide's behavior.

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    This contingency contract is designed for Olumide, a sixth grade student who has been exhibiting unacceptable behaviors like failing to participate in class, incomplete work, and messy handwriting. The contract outlines expectations for Olumide to focus in class, complete tasks with 90% accuracy, turn in homework on time, and organize his work neatly. If Olumide meets these expectations, he will be allowed to participate in swimming and taekwondo. If not, he will forfeit recess and not participate in extracurricular activities. The contract uses positive reinforcement through rewards and punishment through consequences to shape Olumide's behavior.

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    This contingency contract is designed for Olumide, a sixth grade student who has been exhibiting unacceptable behaviors like failing to participate in class, incomplete work, and messy handwriting. The contract outlines expectations for Olumide to focus in class, complete tasks with 90% accuracy, turn in homework on time, and organize his work neatly. If Olumide meets these expectations, he will be allowed to participate in swimming and taekwondo. If not, he will forfeit recess and not participate in extracurricular activities. The contract uses positive reinforcement through rewards and punishment through consequences to shape Olumide's behavior.

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    This Contingency Contract is designed for Olumide.

    Olumide is a Year 6 student in my class. He has been exhibiting certain behaviours that

    are unacceptable as far as his school work and educational development are concerned. He has

    consistently failed to participate in class activities and lesson involvement. In addition to this,

    he has developed a habit of never completing his tasks, both class and home assigned. This has

    put him behind the class; always playing catch-up. Olumide is also restless and he hates

    writing, in cases when he has been asked to write, he would deliberately write slowly and make

    his writing illegible and rough.

    I have investigated and concluded that this behaviour, is not a resultant effect of any

    trauma issues or stress either on the school or home front, but a conscious decision on his part,

    based on laziness and a lackadaisical attitude to work. In an attempt to deter such behaviour, I

    will be drawing up a contingency contract.

    Contingency Contract. Week 2. 13th – 17th

    I …………………………………………. hereby accept the terms of this contingency

    contract, based

    on my inappropriate behaviour as far as my educational process is concerned.

    This week I will focus better in class, and participate actively in all my lessons.

    This week, I will complete my classroom tasks with 90% accuracy, and manage the time

    allocated optimally.

    This week, I will complete my homework efficiently and turn it in, at the due date/time.

    This week, I will pay more attention to organizing my work and my handwriting, so that the

    work I present will be neat and legible, making it easy to read.


    I sign this contract freely and in cooperation with my teacher.

    If I pay attention during class and participate, complete my class and home tasks and organize

    my work and handwriting, I will be allowed to partake in swimming and taekwondo

    activities.

    If I do not pay attention and do as I have agreed to do in this contract, I will forfeit my

    break/recess time to make up, and also not participate in swimming and taekwondo activities.

    Added Incentive: If I maintain 90% completion, participation, attention and organization

    terms of my contract for 2 days, I will be rewarded with 15 minutes extra time in the

    swimming pool on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

    _____________________ ______________________

    Student’s Signature/Date Teacher’s Signature/Date

    In the contract above, I have chosen to use operant condition as described in the video

    (MCAT, Khan Academy, 2013). I have created a direct link between behaviour and consequence.

    By attaching the reward of partaking in swimming and taekwondo activities for proper behaviour

    of completion of tasks, paying attention and participating in in-class activities, I have positively

    reinforced the desired behaviour.

    In the same vein, I have attached a punishment (Schunk, 2010, p. 94). (Deprivation or

    denial of an interest) of not being allowed to take part in swimming and taekwondo activities, if

    the above stated desired behaviour is not exhibited. By so doing, I have reinforced the good

    behaviour by creating a deterrent for bad behaviour.


    In the “Added Incentive” clause of the contract, I have applied scheduled reinforcement.

    This is done by breaking down the rewards and punishments in time allotments. Olumide is now

    on a 2-day schedule and a 3-day schedule. Because of the differences in the schedule, this will be

    a Variable-Interval schedule (Schunk, 2010, pp. 95 - 96). – [VI2 and VI3].

    As Olumide’s behaviour improves, the terms of the contract can be adjusted to provide a

    reward at a closer time interval of 1 day and then hours; and vice versa for breach of contract.
    Resources

    Schunk, H.D. (2010). Learning Theories: An Educational Perspective. 6th ed. Pearson: Pearson

    Educational, Inc.

    Operant conditioning: Positive-and-negative reinforcement and punishment | MCAT | Khan

    Academy retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut1zmfolM9E

    Operant conditioning: Schedules of reinforcement | Behaviour | MCAT | Khan Academy

    retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ofbt16AJgg

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