ERIC Number: EJ1429366
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1045-988X
EISSN: EISSN-1940-4387
Behavioral Skills Training to Teach Pre-Service Elementary General Educators to Conduct Descriptive Assessments
Mark D. Samudre; R. Allan Allday; Megan Jones; Amy Fisher
Preventing School Failure, v68 n3 p199-209 2024
A pretest-posttest control group design with switching replications was used to examine the effectiveness of a one-time, 75-minute behavioral skills training (BST) package. Fifty pre-service elementary general educators enrolled in a classroom management course were shown a video depicting challenging behaviors and were asked to collect antecedent-behavior-consequence (ABC) data. Using the data collected, participants from two instructional groups were asked to hypothesize the function of the problem behaviors. Results suggest a statistically significant increase in correct responses for both instructional groups from pretest to posttest following BST. A series of ANCOVAS suggested that, when controlling for initial pretest performance, BST significantly improved correct responding in posttest when compared to performance on the second pretest. However, participants did not reach an optimal level of performance following a one-time administration of BST. Practical implications for teacher education contexts, limitations, and future research directions are thoroughly addressed.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Program Effectiveness, Skill Development, Classroom Techniques, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Students with Disabilities, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Intervention, Preservice Teacher Education, Undergraduate Students, Student Behavior, Simulation, Accuracy, Observation, Video Technology, Evaluation Methods
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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