AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF READING INTERVENTIONS: GENERALIZATION ACROSS INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, TIME, AND PASSAGES

• Published in: Journal of applied behavior analysis Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 111 - 114
• Main Authors: Bonfiglio, Christine M., Daly III, Edward J., Martens, Brian K., Lin, Lan-Hsiang Rachel, Corsaut, Stacy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2004; Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior; Department of Applied Behavioral Science
• Subjects: Aptitude; Behavior modification; Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Case studies; Child; Educational Strategies; Elementary School Students; Female; fluency; Generalization; Generalization (Psychology); Humans; instruction; Instructional Effectiveness; Intervention; Medical sciences; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Reading; Reading Fluency; Reading Instruction; reinforcement; Reinforcement (Psychology); Teaching; Treatments; Tutoring; Human; Case study; School age; Treatment; Reinforcement; Behavior therapy; Generalization; Child; Oral reading
• ISSN: 0021-8855; 1938-3703
• DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-111

This study examined the generalized effects of three treatment conditions (performance based, skill based, and a combination of the two) on oral reading fluency by an elementary school student. Results indicated equal effectiveness of all treatments, maintenance, and possible evidence of generalization across passages.