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Effect of Acquisition Rates on Off-Task Behavior of Kindergarten Students While Learning Sight Words
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Direct linkBurns, Matthew K.; Aguilar, Lisa N.; Warmbold-Brann, Kristy; Preast, June L.; Taylor, Crystal N. – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
Assessing a student's acquisition rates (ARs) is a reliable way to determine how many new words should be taught in one lesson without reducing retention. Exceeding a student's AR can result in frustration and problem behaviors. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of AR on the off-task behavior of kindergarten students while…
Descriptors: Time on Task, Vocabulary Development, Kindergarten, Sight Vocabulary
Larabee, Kaitlyn M.; Burns, Matthew K.; McComas, Jennifer J. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2014
Despite their recent popularity in schools, there is minimal consensus in the educational literature regarding the use of mobile devices for reading intervention. The word box intervention (Joseph "Read Teach" 52:348-356, 1998) has been consistently associated with improvements in student decoding performance. This early efficacy study…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Grade 1
Beck, Michelle; Burns, Matthew K.; Lau, Matthew – Behavioral Disorders, 2009
Research has consistently demonstrated that preteaching activities led to increased academic outcomes and increased academic outcomes improve behavioral variables. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a preteaching intervention on time spent on task for children identified with a behavioral disorder (BD). A single-subject…
Descriptors: Intervention, Intervals, Behavior Disorders, Predictor Variables
Spanjers, Deanna M.; Burns, Matthew K.; Wagner, Angela R. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2008
This study examines the relationship between systematic direct observation (SDO) of time on task (TOT) and student engagement as measured by a self-report task-specific measure. The research questions guiding the study are (a) what is the relationship between SDO of TOT and a self-report measure of student effort, and (b) what is the relationship…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Observation, Time on Task, Grade 4
Treptow, Megan A.; Burns, Matthew K.; McComas, Jennifer J. – School Psychology Review, 2007
The current study replicated Gickling and Armstrong (1978) by using curriculum-based assessment for instructional design to match reading materials to skill levels of three third-graders who were struggling readers with low levels of on-task behavior. Difficulty levels of the reading passages were grouped according to ratios of known and unknown…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Instructional Design, Reading Materials, Curriculum Based Assessment
Download full textBurns, Matthew K.; Dean, Vincent J. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
Research has consistently demonstrated the importance of providing an appropriate level of challenge, called the instructional level, within curricular material. Although the instructional level is a generally well-defined and researched construct, much less data exist on the acquisition rate (AR) component of an appropriate level of challenge.…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Learning Disabilities, Curriculum Based Assessment, Time on Task
Burns, Matthew K.; Dean, Vincent J. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2005
The instructional level, a measure of optimal instructional challenge, addresses the amount of review material interspersed with new. The current study further attempted to identify the instructional level for drill tasks by teaching sight-words to five fourth grade students with reading disabilities and documented attention difficulties. Four…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Reading Difficulties, Instructional Effectiveness, Sight Vocabulary
