Positive Behavior Support in Physical Education: A Case from a Pre-service Field Experience
Keywords:
tiered support, motor skills, challenging behaviorAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to describe the behavior effects of
positive behavior interventions and support (PBIS) in a pre-service
physical education field experience. PBIS, a way of managing and
improving student behavior, has a history of success in classrooms, but
little research has been done on its use in physical education. Teacher
candidates in elementary education taught physical education to fiftyfour students aged 4-10 who came to the university campus from a local
day care center. Behavior marks were taken before and after the PBIS
intervention was implemented. Procedural integrity was scored at 93%,
and inter-rater reliability was 100%. We found significant differences in
students’ total behavior marks before and after receiving instruction
with PBIS. Significant differences were found for three of the five rules.
This study supports previous research showing leveled supports such as
behavior contracts, social stories, and visual prompts are successful
management strategies in physical education.
https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.17.2.5
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