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Gilger, Jeffrey W. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
This paper is an introduction to behavioral genetics for researchers and practitioners in language development and disorders. It identifies essential concepts and applies behavioral genetic research to the language sciences. It suggests that more complex questions may be successfully addressed through behavioral genetic paradigms. Research needs…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Genetics, Language Impairments, Models
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Storey, Keith; Horner, Robert H. – Journal of Special Education, 1991
This review of 50 social validation research studies involving persons with handicaps concludes that social validation procedures are an appropriate and important component of applied behavior analysis. Discussed are methodological issues, social importance of effects, social significance of goals, social appropriateness of procedures, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Disabilities, Program Validation
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Mace, F. Charles – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1994
This essay discusses the significance functional analysis has had for applied behavior analysis of aberrant behavior. The methodology has lessened the field's reliance on default technologies and promoted analysis of environment-behavior interactions maintaining target responses as the basis for selecting treatments. It has also contributed to the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavioral Science Research, Intervention, Research and Development
Farlow, Leslie J.; And Others – 1988
The study examined the relationship between probe and training conditions on performance of nine severely handicapped students on functional tasks in classroom and community settings. Findings led to the following recommendations to teachers: measures of student performance under natural or probe conditions should be evaluated in addition to…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Daily Living Skills, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education
Zeren, Andrea S. – 1984
This social psychological laboratory activity permits the systematic observation of spontaneous human behavior as simulated on television and provides one way to effectively demonstrate and compare time sampling, event sampling, and trait rating techniques. The preparation involves videotaping a popular television show that depicts observable…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Data Collection, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques
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Sever, Irene – Library and Information Science Research, 1987
A three-year study investigated the territorial behavior of children in a spatially unstructured library setting. The children's various solutions to the lack of spatial structure are described, and implications for libraries dealing with groups of children are discussed. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Foreign Countries, Furniture Arrangement, Group Activities
Perl, Sondra – 1984
Designed for teachers and researchers interested in the study of the composing process, this guide introduces a method of analysis that can be applied to data from a range of different cases. Specifically, the guide offers a simple, direct coding scheme for describing the movements occurring during composing that involves four procedures: teaching…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Behavioral Science Research, Classification, Classroom Observation Techniques
Bachman, Jerald G.; Johnston, Lloyd D.; O'Malley, Patrick M. – 1996
The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed description of the Monitoring the Future research design, including sampling, data collection procedures, measurement content, and questionnaire format. Monitoring the Future is designed to assess the changing lifestyles, values, and preferences of American youth on a continuing basis. Since the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Cultural Context, Drug Use