Journal
ECE101: Introduction to Early Childhood Education (BDB1322A

I remember when I was in elementary school; recess was my favorite time of the day. I never lost my recess period, because if I did anything that I should have not done, my mother would know about it before I came home from school. My mother always told me a child should be seen and not heard, so when it came to school I would pay attention and not talk, because in my household talking in class was a no, no. I do remember there was this boy in my class (I cannot remember his name so I will call him Joey). Joey stayed in trouble and one day he just wanted to be the class clown. Joey made the whole class miss recess we were very angry at him. Every day we say what we will play the next day, and if it is dodge ball, the girls would wear pants and we will be laughing and dodging the ball. Some of the student told Joey they were not going to play with him anymore. The next day Joey decided that he was going to act like the teacher, when the teacher came back into the classroom; Joey was sitting at her desk, so she told Joey that he could not go to recess, and we went outside to play. I really did not feel sorry for Joey, all I wanted to do was to go to recess and have fun with my friends. When we returned to the classroom Joey had his head on the desk, and the teacher asked him to hold his head up, and when he did everyone saw that Joey had been crying. The teacher asked him why was he crying, and Joey said that he wanted to go to recess too. I remember the teacher telling him that he had to be good in class and no more acting up in class. I do think that when we could not go outside my behavior change toward Joey, because I faulted him that we had to be punish for something that I did not have anything to do with the way Joey acted in class. Joey behavior changed after the teacher took all the students outside to play and left Joey inside with the Student –Aide. To me recess is important to the kids; in an article that I read it states that” Behavior modification assumes that observable and measurable behaviors are good targets for change. All behavior follows a set of consistent rules. Methods can be developed for defining, observing, and measuring behaviors, as well as designing effective interventions. Behavior modification techniques never fail.” (Mather & Goldstein (2001). I would say yes because the student have to abide by the teachers’ rules.
Mather, N., & Goldstein, S. (2001). Behavior Modification in the Classroom. Retrieved from http://www.ldonline.org/article/6030/