Advisor(s)

Gary Pace

Contributor(s)

Karen Gould, Hannah Rue

Date of Award

5-2012

Date Accepted

5-2012

Degree Grantor

Northeastern University

Degree Level

M.A.B.A.

Degree Name

Master of Applied Behavior Analysis

Department or Academic Unit

Bouvé College of Health Sciences. Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology.

Keywords

acquisition, brief experimental analysis

Disciplines

Behavioral Disciplines and Activities | Psychiatry and Psychology

Abstract

This study describes the use of a brief experimental analysis (BEA) in comparing rates of sight word acquisition. Two individuals with brain injuries, in a school setting, were presented with five different sight word acquisition interventions in an alternating treatments experimental design. Interventions included repeated readings, phonics, contingent reinforcement, flashcards with corresponding pictures, and a control condition. Prior to the BEA formal preference and reinforcer assessments were conducted, with the high-preference stimuli being used in the contingent reinforcement condition. For the first participant, the repeated readings intervention produced the highest rates of correct responding. For the second participant, the repeated readings, flashcards with corresponding pictures, and phonics conditions, all produced high rates of correct responding, with the repeated readings condition producing the highest rates. Results of this study suggest that the BEA can be used to effectively assess the intervention that will produce the highest initial rates of sight word acquisition.

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Rights Holder

John Racine


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