Besides praise (attention) the teacher might also put tally marks on a desktop «ticket» which the student can exchange for a preferred activity. (thoughtco.com)
Once they had the catalog in hand, they used tally marks to vote on which feeder to buy and planned a bake sale to raise the $ 27 to buy it. (edutopia.org)
He put tally marks next to ones that they each liked so the best possible score was three marks in this round. (rookiemoms.com)