Causing Students to Choose More Language Arts Work: Enhancing the Validity of the Additive Interspersal Procedure

Autor/inn/en	Meadows, Sadonya F.; Skinner, Christopher H.
Titel	Causing Students to Choose More Language Arts Work: Enhancing the Validity of the Additive Interspersal Procedure
Quelle	In: Journal of Behavioral Education, 14 (2005) 4, S.227-247 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-0819
DOI	10.1007/s10864-005-8648-4
Schlagwörter	Language Arts; Validity; Grade 7; Assignments; Experiments; Student Attitudes; Positive Reinforcement; Student Motivation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachkultur; Gültigkeit; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Erprobung; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation
Abstract	Research on the additive interspersal procedure was extended by exposing seventh-grade students to curricula-based (e.g., educationally valid) language arts assignments. In Experiment I, each student was given a control language arts assignment containing 20 discrete target items and an experimental assignment containing 24 equivalent target items, plus eight interspersed briefer items. After working on both assignments for 10 minutes, significantly more students chose a new experimental assignment for homework. Individual analysis showed that 85% of the students preferred or chose the assignment associated with higher discrete task completion rates. In Experiment II, students completed both assignments. Results extended previous research by showing that even after expending more effort to complete the 20% more target items plus the additional interspersed items on the experimental assignments, significantly more students chose an experimental assignment for homework. Applied and theoretical implications are discussed along with limitations of the current study and directions for future research. (Author).
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