Optimizing task-analysis instruction: Effects of descriptions and pictures of antecedent stimuli and outcomes

• Published in: Journal of applied behavior analysis Vol. 57; no. 4; p. 957
• Main Authors: Tyner, Bryan C, Floumanhaft, Steven D, Marin, Ramon, Fienup, Daniel M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2024
• Subjects: Adolescent; Female; Humans; Male; Photic Stimulation - methods; Task Performance and Analysis; Teaching; Young Adult; outcome stimuli; sequenced behavior; task analysis; chained behaviors; antecedent stimuli

Little research has examined specific instructional variables that influence the development and effectiveness of task-analysis instruction. We conducted two experiments using text-based task analyses to teach college students to create single-subject reversal design graphs. In Experiment 1, we test...