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Good Behavior Game
Systematic Review Protocol for Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Interventions

Good Behavior Game had positive effects on student behavior and teacher practice and potentially positive effects on student writing conventions and writing productivity compared with business-as-usual programs. Good Behavior Game had uncertain effects on literacy and mathematics achievement, intrapersonal competencies, and school climate.
Good Behavior Game is a classroom management strategy that aims to improve social skills, minimize disruptive behaviors, and create a positive learning environment. Teachers place students into teams and reward them for demonstrating appropriate behaviors and following classroom rules.

An additional 15 studies met WWC single-case design standards but do not contribute to the findings in this intervention report because the WWC was unable to calculate a design-comparable effect size. These 15 studies are described further in the Intervention Report Appendices.

Findings

16
studies that met standards out of
31
eligible studies reviewed
Outcome Domain Effectiveness Rating Grades Evidence Tier
Alphabetics The WWC could not calculate effect sizes for any of the findings that meet standards in this domain. K
General Literacy Achievement Uncertain effects 1-3
General Mathematics Achievement Uncertain effects 1-2
Intrapersonal Competencies Uncertain effects K-5
School Climate Uncertain effects 2-5
Student Behavior Positive effects K-11
Teacher Practice Positive effects K-4
Writing Conventions Potentially positive effects 1-2
Writing productivity Potentially positive effects 1-2

Last Updated: May 2023

Summary of all Research Settings and Samples that Met Standards

Race

Asian
1%
Black
43%
Native American
<1%
White
41%
Other or unknown
16%
Two or more races
<1%

Ethnicity

Hispanic
3%
Not Hispanic or Latino
86%
Other or unknown
11%

Gender

Male: 51%
Female: 49%

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61%

English Learners

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22%
Note: This summary only includes data from studies that reported sample information. The Intervention Report may include evidence from other studies that met standards, but did not report sample information.


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This intervention report was prepared for the WWC by Mathematica under contract WWC-OREGANO-91990018C0009.

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