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Evaluation of stimulus preference assessment methods with general education students
Author(s) -
Schanding G. Thomas,
Tingstrom Daniel H.,
SterlingTurner Heather E.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/pits.20356
Subject(s) - psychology , nomination , reinforcement , stimulus (psychology) , general education , developmental psychology , preference , mathematics education , social psychology , cognitive psychology , political science , law , economics , microeconomics
The current exploratory study examined the ability of three stimulus preference assessments to identify effective reinforcers for general education students. Four students from Grades K through 5 and their teachers participated. A student nomination, teacher nomination, and ongoing (daily) stimulus preference assessment were evaluated. The results demonstrate that reinforcers identified by both general education students and their teachers increased behavior similarly, although correspondence between teacher‐ and student‐selected items themselves were low. Evaluation of the procedures indicated the highest rate of responding occurred under the ongoing reinforcer assessment condition for 3 of the 4 students. Limitations and future research are discussed. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.