This document discusses reward charts and their potential to promote student achievement. It provides background on reward charts and operant conditioning, which forms the basis for using rewards to modify behavior. Both the pros and cons of reward charts are examined based on credible sources. While reward charts can be effective for managing behavior, especially in young children, it is important to balance intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to sustain long-term outcomes. The conclusion is that reward charts provided positive feedback and motivation when used consistently for an individual child struggling to follow routines.

1. C A N R E W A R D
C H A R T S
P R O M O T E
S T U D E N T S
A C H I E V E M E N T ?
D A Y A N A D O M I N G U E Z
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K E N D A L L C O L L E G E

2. REWARD CHARTS ARE?
• Visual tools that can be used to support children to develop more positive behavior
(aged 3 years and above). Allow children to earn stickers or any other reward.
• They can be a simple but powerful tool that can help a child to follow a routine or to
learn a skill.
• They can be used to motivate children to learn how to used the toilet, share etc.
• They can be useful at home too.
• Often called ‘star charts’ or ‘behavior charts.’

3. OPERANT CONDITIONING TO PUNISH
OR TO REWARD?
• Developed by B.F Skinner, operant conditioning is a way of learning by means of
rewards and punishments. This type of conditioning holds that a certain behavior and
a consequence, either a reward or punishment, have a connection which brings about
learning.
• Operant conditioning is a process that attempts to modify behavior through the use of
positive and negative reinforcement.

4. REWARD CHARTS OVERVIEW?
- Behavior problems can increase the stress levels for both the child and the teacher causing
conflict with their learning .
- What can we do when you have a child who can concentrate or can follow the routine?
- Previous research suggests that the use of extrinsic rewards is also an effective strategy for
increasing student motivation (Reitmann et al., 2004; Wheatley et al., 2009).
- I want to research about this strategy because I used rewards charts for my students in my
room and it had help them to follow our routine and more. Using a schedule chart and if
the do it correctly they put there own sticker on the chart and if they have 5 at the end of
week they get a reward or extra time on what they choose.

5. CREDIBLE SOURCE #1
• According to Bowman (2007), researchers have categorized human motivational
conditions as being intrinsic or extrinsic. Intrinsic motivation can be characterized by
self-determination, that forces within determine one’s actions and emotions.
Extrinsically motivated behaviors occur when the reinforcement comes from outside
factors, such as rewards or incentives (Bowman, 2007; Hoffman, Huff, Patterson &
Nietfeld, 2009).

6. CREDIBLE SOURCE # 2 PROS AND
CONS OF REWARDS CHARTS?
PROS CONS
• Removes students ability to attempt
new things for fear of losing the
reward
• No long term attention, because
students only need to retain enough
to receive the reward
• Reinforces can potentially be
expensive and/ or time-consuming
• If the student does not find the
tangible item (reward) to be worthy of
the behavior, then the student's
• Successful for managing behavior in
children who have ADD and
behavioral disorders
• Appropriate behavior/motivation for
full effort
• You can used them for Potty training.
• New skill that you want them to learn
• Following routine/Weekly behavior
• Increased self esteem/ improved
outcomes

7. CREDIBLE SOURCE # 3 EXTRINSIC
VS. INTRINSIC MOTIVATION
- One of the hardest thing to do is to motivated a child to learn special when there a
young and all the see is toys around them.
- Therefore, creating a reward chart or schedule chart that allows them to visual can help
a lot in the progress of learning.
- A child is always excited when we someone rewards them for anything you had done,
but not only when you give them rewards helps you can also motivated them to be
better and we know that we all have our bad days but, following the routine or
directions gets you to do this and that. This makes the child more comfortable with us.
- Extrinsic motivation occurs when we are motivated to perform a behavior or engage in
an activity to earn a reward or avoid punishment.
- Intrinsic motivation refers to behavior that is driven by internal rewards

8. CONNECTIONS
• According to Dr. Vanessa Lapointe, psychologist and author of Discipline Without
Damage: How to Get Your Kids to Behave Without Messing Them Up (LifeTree Media,
2016), many parents have become so focused on behaviors that they’re not making
the effort to address what’s causing them.
• As an educator and my own personal experience I do believe that charts do work when
you want a child to have a routine or for behavior issues
• It is important for us to do it constantly and not give up because if we do the behavior
or skills that you want the child to learn will be worse then before you did your chart.

9. CONCLUSION
• Reward chart can motivate students to behave and to be excited when mom asks how
was there day.
• Rewards charts can give us educator and a child a positive feedback. If you stop using
the charts the behavior will continue, and they you will lose everything that you had
done.
• I have used reward charts for almost 2 years. It all started when I had a child in my
room who was having a difficult time in following directions and our routine.
• I created a chart that was visual for her and for her mom this help her out a lot I got
from her to used the bathroom and, to follow our routine. This not only got her excited
because she was able to put her own star sticker on her chart. They mom was send
home the same exact chart but created in word.

10. REFERENCES
• Operant conditioning: to reward or to punish? 2013 - 2017 FOS Media , Faculty of Science,
University of Colombo
retrieved from: https://www.simplypsychology.org/operant-conditioning.html
• Classical and operant conditioning (Skinner) Reynolds, G. S. (1975). A primer of operant
conditioning. (Rev ed).
retrieved from: https://www.learning-theories.com/operant-conditioning-skinner.html
• Myers, D.G. (2010). Psychology: Eighth Edition in Modules. New York: Worth Publishers.
Plotnik, R. & Kouyoumjian. H. (2011). Introduction to psychology. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth.
• No more time-outs and reward charts: Psychologist advises parents ditch traditional approaches
to discipline David Kates, 2016.
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