An Assessment of the Efficiency of and Child Preference for Forward and Backward Chaining

Autor/inn/en	Slocum, Sarah K.; Tiger, Jeffrey H.
Titel	An Assessment of the Efficiency of and Child Preference for Forward and Backward Chaining
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44 (2011) 4, S.793-805 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
Schlagwörter	Comparative Analysis; Teaching Methods; Task Analysis; Learning Processes; Preferences; Mastery Learning; Mental Retardation; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; Evaluation Methods; Severe Mental Retardation; Behavior Modification; Experiments; Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Aufgabenanalyse; Learning process; Lernprozess; Geistige Behinderung; Behaviour modification; Verhaltensänderung; Erprobung; Child; Kind; Kinder
Abstract	Comparative studies of forward and backward chaining have led some to suggest that sensitivity to each teaching procedure may be idiosyncratic across learners and tasks. The purposes of the current study were threefold. First, we assessed differential sensitivity to each chaining procedure within children when presented with multiple learning tasks of similar content but different complexity. Second, we evaluated whether differential sensitivity to a chaining procedure during a brief task predicted differential sensitivity during the teaching of longer tasks. Third, we directly assessed children's preferences for each teaching procedure via a concurrent-chains preference assessment. Learners acquired all target skills introduced under both chaining conditions, but individual children did not consistently learn more efficiently with either procedure. Short-duration tasks were not predictive of performance in tasks of longer duration. Both chaining procedures were preferred over a baseline condition without prompting, but participants did not demonstrate a preference for either procedure. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10