Item No

Items

Male (n = 145)

Female (n = 215)

T

p-value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

1

Don’t Punish Negative Behaviour

1.97

0.756

2.06

0.684

−1.236

0.217

2

Motivate

1.33

0.541

1.29

0.512

0.758

0.449

3

Overlook Behaviour

2.17

0.850

2.41

0.761

−2.843

0.006*

4

Don’t Punish Disruptive Behaviour

2.17

0.785

2.23

0.718

−0.751

0.456

5

Reinforce Strategies

1.39

0.627

1.64

0.735

−3.274

0.001*

6

Cane Students

2.11

0.826

2.21

0.698

−1.282

0.216

7

Commend Students

1.54

1.818

1.36

0.603

1.362

0.174

8

Don’t Cane Students

1.62

0.657

1.62

0.622

0.310

0.976

9

Demonstrate positive Behaviour

1.39

0.580

1.35

0.588

0.613

0.540

10

Reward with Items

1.70

0.670

1.63

0.634

0.918

0.359

11

Reward with Praise

1.41

0.596

1.39

0.579

0.332

0.740

12

Special Privileges

1.69

0.672

1.74

0.708

−0.669

0.504

13

Send Students out of the classroom

2.31

0.804

2.51

0.716

−2.431

0.016*

14

Take Away Privileges

2.23

0.705

2.51

0.747

0.826

0.409

15

Time out

2.13

0.766

2.27

0.705

−1.768

0.078

16

Verbal Reprimand

1.97

0.735

2.01

0.723

−0.471

0.638