Classroom management is commonly challenging in middle schools. Class-wide function-related intervention teams (CW-FIT) is a multitiered intervention designed to decrease problem behaviors at the classroom level. It is comprises evidence-based practices such as teaching classroom expectations, increasing teacher praise, and using positive reinforcement in an interdependent group contingency. CW-FIT has shown promise in a variety of school settings, but it has not been tested in middle school art classrooms. This initial investigation examined the effects of CW-FIT using a single-subject ABAB design in two middle school art classrooms. Results indicated that class on-task behavior increased by more than 25% and teacher praise-to-reprimand ratios more than doubled during CW-FIT implementation compared with baseline levels. Results also indicated that on-task behavior for students identified as at risk for behavioral disorders improved by more than 18% during the intervention. Teachers and students found the intervention to be socially valid. Resulting implications were promising for using CW-FIT in other middle school art classrooms.

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改善中学美术教室的学生行为：CW-FIT 1层的初步调查

在中学，课堂管理通常面临挑战。与全班级职能相关的干预小组（CW-FIT）是旨在减少教室级别问题行为的多层干预。它包括基于证据的实践，例如教学课堂期望，提高老师的称赞以及在相互依存的小组突发事件中使用正强化。CW-FIT在各种学校环境中都表现出了希望，但尚未在中学美术教室中进行过测试。这项初步调查在两个中学艺术教室中使用单项ABAB设计检查了CW-FIT的影响。结果表明，与基准水平相比，在执行CW-FIT的过程中，课堂上的任务行为增加了25％以上，并且老师的表扬与批评比率也翻了一番。结果还表明，在干预过程中，被确定为有行为障碍危险的学生的在职行为改善了18％以上。师生们发现这种干预在社会上是有效的。由此产生的影响对于在其他中学艺术教室中使用CW-FIT很有希望。