Positively Reinforcing the “Bad Kid”

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 We have all been in elementary school with one kid who just can't seem to stay out of trouble. Maybe they always talk back to teachers, don’t complete their homework, or bully their peers. This kid comes to school already knowing that he is going to end up in the principal's office at least once that day. Maybe he has a tough home life, doesn't get a lot of sleep, isn’t eating nutritious meals, or even maybe facing adverse childhood experiences. Operant conditioning can come to save the day and help put this “bad kid” back on the right path behaviorally. Operant conditioning is a learning technique that includes one of the most important aspects of learning: positive reinforcement. Positive reinforcement is when you add something to help increase a behavior.

When kids act up in school, they are most likely going to receive negative or positive punishment for their behavior. For example, if a student talks back to their teacher, the teacher may send them to the principal's office, removing them from the classroom so the behavior of talking back stops. This is an example of negative punishment. In another instance, if the student does not complete their homework, the teacher may send them to lunch detention, which would be an example of positive punishment because they are adding detention to reduce the behavior of not completing their homework. Punishment procedures have been found to be ineffective when it comes to managing behaviors, so why is this still happening?

When students are getting into trouble at school, teachers and administrators should do their best to implement the most amount of positive reinforcement that they can. Positive reinforcement has been scientifically proven to be the most effective way to increase compliance from students and learning. Positive reinforcement can be used in many ways in a classroom setting. For example, when a child does not talk back or call out to their teacher, the teacher can provide positive praise like “thanks for raising your hand” or they can give them a high five, add a sticker to a sticker chart, and anything else that adds something positive to the child to increase their good behavior. 

https://elcacenters.com/improve-your-childs-behavior-with-positive-reinforcement/#:~:text=You%20can%20also%20use%20a,their%20homework%20without%20back%20talking.


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