Carolyn S. Ryan & Nancy S. Hemmes (2005).
Effects of the contingency for homework submission on homework submission and quiz performance in a college course.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
38, 79-88.
Effects of the contingency for submission of homework
assignments on the probability of assignment submission
and on quiz grades were assessed in an undergraduate
psychology course. Under
an alternating treatments design, each student was
assigned to a points condition for 5 of 10 quiz-related
homework assignments corresponding to textbook chapters.
Points were available for
homework submission under this condition; points were
not available under the no-points condition. The group-mean
percentage of homework assignments submitted and quiz
grades were higher
for all chapters under the points condition than in
the no-points condition. These findings, which were
replicated in Experiment 2, demonstrate that homework
submission was not maintained
when the only consequences were instructor-provided
feedback and expectation of improved quiz performance.
DESCRIPTORS: college, homework, quiz grades,
teaching behavior analysis
Please see the erratum
published on page 404 of the Fall issue.