Identifying controlling variables for math computation fluency through experimental analysis: the interaction of stimulus control and reinforcing consequences
| Autor: | Kristi L. Hofstadter-Duke, Edward J. Daly |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Computation
Achievement Developmental psychology Clinical Psychology Fluency Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Controlling for a variable Female Stimulus control Psychology Child Reinforcement Psychology Mathematics Problem Solving Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Behavior modification. 39(2) |
| ISSN: | 1552-4167 |
| Popis: | This study investigated a method for conducting experimental analyses of academic responding. In the experimental analyses, academic responding (math computation), rather than problem behavior, was reinforced across conditions. Two separate experimental analyses (one with fluent math computation problems and one with non-fluent math computation problems) were conducted with three elementary school children using identical contingencies while math computation rate was measured. Results indicate that the experimental analysis with non-fluent problems produced undifferentiated responding across participants; however, differentiated responding was achieved for all participants in the experimental analysis with fluent problems. A subsequent comparison of the single-most effective condition from the experimental analyses replicated the findings with novel computation problems. Results are discussed in terms of the critical role of stimulus control in identifying controlling consequences for academic deficits, and recommendations for future research refining and extending experimental analysis to academic responding are made. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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