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SIMPLIFYING CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF MULTIPLE‐RESPONSE/MULTIPLE‐SUBJECT CLASSROOM INTERACTIONS
Author(s) -
Skrtic Thomas M.,
Sepler Harvey J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1982.15-183
Subject(s) - psychology , subject (documents) , autism , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , computer science , library science
In order to facilitate the field monitoring of three subjects interacting according to one or more of 18 response categories, a modified version of several available, but oftentimes mechanically incompatible, observational procedures was designed. Its continuous recording strategy, sectioned into one‐minute observational units, enabled researchers to derive highly representative behavior samples, and when accompanied by the specially tailored coding form and recording apparatus, observers achieved over 90% agreement across all reliability sessions. This procedure provides applied researchers with a simple, highly reliable, and adaptable observation tool for continuously and simultaneously monitoring the behaviors of one or more subjects.