Behaviorism

How does the teacher use behaviorist techniques (e.g., shaping, Premack Principle, token reinforcement systems, etc.) to help students learn? Cite specific examples and be sure to include a reference in your response. How do students respond to this instructional method? *Note: this question refers to learning rather than motivation. 

When I first started observing my cooperating teacher, she told me how she had been having a really hard time getting the students to stop flipping their water bottles. She told them that if they could refrain from flipping them, she would let them do a water bottle flipping lab. It worked! I never saw any students flip their water bottles until the day when they got to do their much anticipated water bottle flipping lab. This is a good example of using the Premack Principle because the water bottle flipping was a preferred behavior for the students, that was then used as a reward (positive reinforcement) for good behavior.(http://study.com/academy/lesson/applying-the-premack-principle-in-the-classroom.html) And, although there is not a core standard for water bottle flipping, there is a standard for using the scientific method, so it was not a waste of class time either!
One of the punishment techniques I've seen the teacher use is making a rowdy student move up and sit by her desk. I've never seen her make them sit there for the whole class period, just until they start another activity, then she'll let them go back to their seat. But although it works for the time he is at the other desk, it's not very effective once he is back to his original seat.
It's a lot harder to notice the way these techniques influence how the students are learning since I kind of jumped in at the middle, I'm guessing it would have been more apparent if I had seen the kids at the very beginning of the school year. But, I do think the way the teacher uses shaping and scaffolding together seems to be really effective because the kids usually seem pretty eager to learn new content.