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Training Educators to Collect Accurate Descriptive-Assessment Data
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Pence, Sacha T.; St. Peter, Claire C. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2018
Descriptive assessments involve recording naturally occurring instances of behavior and corresponding antecedent and consequent events. Authors have argued for the use of two forms of descriptive assessment, structured and narrative Antecedent-Behavior-Consequence recording, because these methods may require little training. However, the extent to…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Data Collection, Accuracy, Research Methodology
Adolescents' Demonstrative Behavior Research
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Parfilova, Gulfiya G.; Karimova, Lilia Sh. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The problem of demonstrative behavior is very topical among teenagers and this issue has become the subject of systematic scientific research. Demonstrative manifestations in adolescents disrupt the favorable socialization; therefore, understanding, prevention and correction of demonstrative behavior at this age is relevant and requires special…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Freshmen, Adolescents, Student Behavior
Music Education Preservice Teachers' Confidence in Resolving Behavior Problems
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Hedden, Debra G. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2015
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there would be a change in preservice teachers' (a) confidence concerning the resolution of behavior problems, (b) tactics for resolving them, (c) anticipation of problems, (d) fears about management issues, and (e) confidence in methodology and pedagogy over the time period of a one-semester…
Descriptors: Music Education, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Behavior Problems
Development and Modification of a Response Class via Positive and Negative Reinforcement: A Translational Approach
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Mendres, Amber E.; Borrero, John C. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
When responses function to produce the same reinforcer, a response class exists. Researchers have examined response classes in applied settings; however, the challenges associated with conducting applied research on response class development have recently necessitated the development of an analogue response class model. To date, little research…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Research, College Students
Gambling on a Simulated Slot Machine under Conditions of Repeated Play
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Brandt, Andrew E.; Pietras, Cynthia J. – Psychological Record, 2008
A single-subject design was used in 2 experiments about the effects of percentage payback (winnings in proportion to total amount bet) on gambling on a slot-machine simulation in 8 adult humans. In Experiment 1, percentage payback was varied across a wide range of values, and participants were exposed extensively to percentage-payback conditions.…
Descriptors: Probability, Behavior Problems, Games, Debt (Financial)
The Impact of Item Wording and Behavioral Specificity on the Accuracy of Direct Behavior Ratings (DBRs)
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Riley-Tillman, T. Chris; Chafouleas, Sandra M.; Christ, Theodore; Briesch, Amy M.; LeBel, Teresa J. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2009
Direct behavior ratings (DBRs) combine aspects of both systematic direct observation and behavior rating scales to create a feasible method for social behavior assessment within a problem-solving model. The purpose of the current study was to examine whether accuracy of DBRs was affected depending on the behaviors selected to be rated using a DBR.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Social Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales