Inter-teaching is teaching pedagogy that incorporates elements of behavior analytic approaches, including study guides, contingencies to induce self-regulation, students teaching each other, and the instructor only teaching materials that students report they have not mastered. Six of seven experiments in six papers found Inter-teaching to be more effective than teaching as usual, although one research group has published most of these data. Thus, Inter-teaching met criteria for a promising intervention, but not an evidence-based intervention. Future research should (a) operationalize this treatment package to clarify the independent variable, facilitate measurement of treatment integrity, and permit behavioral skills training of instructors; (b) conduct a component analysis since the only effective components may be contingencies for studying before class and for frequent quizzes; (c) develop automated online forms of Inter-teaching; and (d) analyze Interteaching in terms of the number and quality of teaching trials and the learning channels incorporated within Inter-teaching. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Completing frequent quizzes can improve exam scores; however, there is a lack of research on variables that influence quiz accuracy and whether there is an effect on exam scores. This study evaluated the effects of a contingency for quiz accuracy on quiz accuracy and exam performance. Eighty-one students enrolled in an introductory Learning course participated. For each class meeting and its related readings, the instructor assigned an online quiz due just before each class. During the no-contingency condition, the instructor assigned quizzes, but quiz accuracy did not result in points toward the final grade. During the accuracy-contingency condition, students earned points based on quiz accuracy. In a reversal design, the accuracy-contingency increased quiz accuracy and exam scores relative to no-contingency. Although many students benefited from the contingency, low-performing students were least likely to show a meaningful improvement in exam scores.