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USING TEACHER GREETINGS TO INCREASE SPEED TO TASK ENGAGEMENT
Author(s) -
Allday R. Allan,
Bush Miranda,
Ticknor Nicole,
Walker Lindsay
Publication year - 2011
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.2011.44-393
Subject(s) - psychology , task (project management) , multiple baseline design , latency (audio) , developmental psychology , social psychology , applied psychology , intervention (counseling) , computer science , telecommunications , management , psychiatry , economics
We used a multiple baseline design across participants to determine if teacher greetings would reduce the latency to task engagement. Three participants were identified by their respective teachers as having difficulty initiating task‐appropriate engagement at the beginning of class. Latency was measured from teacher greeting until the participant was actively engaged for 5 consecutive seconds. Results showed that teacher greetings were effective at reducing latency to task engagement for all participants.