Shaping academic task engagement with percentile schedules

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Summary
Collection(s)
Collection(s)
DC Faculty Research & Scholarship
Content type
Content type
Digital Document
Resource Type
Resource Type
Text
Genre
Genre
article
Language
Language
English
Peer Review Status
Peer Review Status
Peer Reviewed
Persons and Affiliations
Persons
Author (aut): Athens, Elizabeth S.
Author (aut): Vollmer, Timothy R.
Author (aut): St. Peter Pipkin, Claire C.
Origin Information
Origin Information
Date Created/Date Issued
2007
Publisher
Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Abstract/Description
Abstract
Abstract
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 shaping of manipulations of the number of observations used to determine the criterion for reinforcement (the m parameter of the percentile formula). Results showed that the percentile formula was most effective when a relatively large m value (20 observations) was used.
Publication/Container Information
Publication Title
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
Publication Number
Publication Number
Volume 40, Issue 3
Identifiers
DOI
DOI
10.1901/jaba.2007.40-475
ISSN
ISSN
0021-8855
Note
Note
publication status: Final article published
Subjects and Classifications
Keywords
Keywords
shaping
academic engagement
percentile schedules
Subject Topic
Subject Topic
Students--Psychology--Research
Behavior modification--Research
Task analysis in education
Behavioral assessment
Operant conditioning
Psychometrics
Reinforcement (Psychology)
Learning, Psychology of
Educational psychology
School psychology

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Athens, Elizabeth S., Timothy R. Vollmer, and Claire C. St. Peter Pipkin. “Shaping academic task engagement with percentile schedules”. Article. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. DC Faculty Research & Scholarship. Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2007.40-475.

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