Effects of Task Difficulty and Teacher Attention on the Off-Task Behavior of High-Ability Students with Behavior Issues

Autor/inn/en	Simonsen, Brandi; Little, Catherine A.; Fairbanks, Sarah
Titel	Effects of Task Difficulty and Teacher Attention on the Off-Task Behavior of High-Ability Students with Behavior Issues
Quelle	In: Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 34 (2010) 2, S.245-260 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3532
Schlagwörter	Functional Behavioral Assessment; Task Analysis; Difficulty Level; Mathematics Skills; Gifted; Student Behavior; Time on Task; Correlation; Attention; Mathematics Instruction; Middle School Students; Academic Ability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aufgabenanalyse; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Zeitaufwand; Korrelation; Aufmerksamkeit; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	This study used traditional behavioral assessment procedures (functional behavioral assessment and structural analysis) in a single-subject design to determine whether a functional relationship existed between (a) levels of task difficulty and teacher attention and (b) off-task behavior in 3 students identified as highly able in mathematics who also showed consistent behavior issues. Students' rates of off-task behavior were observed while working under varying conditions of task difficulty and teacher attention. Results indicated that higher rates of off-task behaviors were associated with low attention conditions. Task difficulty did not appear to have a consistent relationship with student behavior. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10