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Pipkin, Claire St. Peter; Vollmer, Timothy R.; Sloman, Kimberly N. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2010
Differential reinforcement of alternative behavior (DRA) is used frequently as a treatment for problem behavior. Previous studies on treatment integrity failures during DRA suggest that the intervention is robust, but research has not yet investigated the effects of different types of integrity failures. We examined the effects of two types of…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Integrity, Reinforcement
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Fowler, Anne E.; Swainson, Brook – Annals of Dyslexia, 2004
The main hypotheses addressed in the research were (1) whether imprecision in the phonological representations of lexical items underlies the impaired expressive naming abilities of disabled readers, and (2) whether weak verbal memory might mediate the relationship between naming and reading skills. From samples of 93 first graders and 67 fourth…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Grade 1, Grade 4, Reading Skills
Alonzo, Julie; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2004
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has increased the role of assessment in K-12 education. Designed to ensure that all students meet high academic standards, the law currently requires states receiving Title I funds to test all children annually in reading and math in grades 3 through 8 and report student performance disaggregated by poverty,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Reading Achievement, Grade 4