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Athens, Elizabeth S.; Vollmer, Timothy R.; St. Peter Pipkin, Claire C. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine the use of percentile schedules as a method of quantifying the shaping procedure in an educational setting. We compared duration of task engagement during baseline measurements for 4 students to duration of task engagement during a percentile schedule. As a secondary purpose, we examined the influence on…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Referral, Intervention, Behavior Problems
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Seekins, Tom; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1988
Observations of children ages birth to five years were collected in seven states before and after implementation of legislation requiring use of passenger safety devices. Among results were observed increases in safe seating for children ages one-five in four of the five states implementing legislation during this study. (JW)
Descriptors: Child Safety, Infants, Naturalistic Observation, Public Policy
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Mudford, Oliver C.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
The representativeness of behavioral observation samples with durations of less than the whole time of interest was investigated with five profoundly mentally retarded physically handicapped adults in an institutional setting. It was found that the session representativeness was a function of the relative duration of the behavioral categories and…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Evaluation Methods, Institutionalized Persons