Pablo is a teacher who wants to institute a token economy in order to maintain discipline in his third-grade classroom. What would be an effective way to do so?
A. Give the children equal amounts of play money and have them spend it at the end of the year.
B. Institute a star chart based on completion of homework, where the student with the most stars is singled out for praise.
C. Give marbles to the children who are demonstrating good behavior, which they can exchange for prizes at the end of each month.
D. Institute a policy where only students with tokens may play at recess, and only award tokens to five children chosen at random that day.
Answer: C
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