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Single-Subject Research
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Single-Subject Research
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Advantages of Single-Subject Research Methods
• Useful for:– behavior modification research– diagnosing teaching and learning problems– studying classroom management methods– development of students’ skills
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Advantages of Single-Subject Research Methods (2)
• Useful for:– training studies with special needs students– studying a problem in great detail– functioning simultaneously as teacher and
researcher (action research)
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PROCEDURES USED TO ACHIEVE EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL IN SINGLE SUBJECT RESEARCH
DESIGNS
• Multiple, reliable observations of student behavior• Detailed description of the treatment (IV)• Replication of the treatment effects (across
subjects, settings, and/or behaviors)
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Procedures for obtaining reliable observations of behaviors
• Operational definition of to-be-observed (target) behaviors
• Careful training of observers
• Frequent checks of observer reliability
• Control of observer bias
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Single-Subject Research Designs
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Basic to all single-subject research is “A-B” logic:
• Condition A: environmental conditions are constant; target behavior is observed to occur at consistent, stable rate.
• Condition B: one of the environmental conditions changes and there is a corresponding change observed in the target behavior.
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Logical inference: The change in environmental conditions had something to do with the observed change in behavior; if we can assume that the behavior would have remained at its stable rate as long as Condition A remained in effect.
Change in environment: the “treatment”
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Research Designs
• A-B design
• A-B-A design
• Multiple baseline designs:– A-B-A-B design– B-A-B design– A-B-C-B design
• (“C” is a 2nd, different treatment.)
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Problems with the A-B design:
• Low in internal validity
• Cannot attribute observed changes in the target behavior to the treatment
• Other factors may be responsible for observed changes in behavior
• Use only when no suitable alternative is available (or for pilot study)
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Problems with A-B-A design
• Sometimes behaviors that are “treated” during the treatment phase (B) do not return to baseline because the behaviors cannot be “unlearned” or reversed.
• Therefore, it is difficult to show that the treatment has, in fact, brought about the observed change in behavior.
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A Multiple Baseline Design
Behavior:
1 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 X 0 X 0 X 0 0
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 X 0 X
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0
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Multiple Baseline Designs
• Multiple baseline designs are used when:– you cannot withdraw or reverse a treatment, or
– you cannot demonstrate a treatment effect with an A-B-A design
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MBD across behaviors
• (1) Take baseline measure on two or more behaviors of one student.
• (2) Treatment is applied to Behavior A after baseline stabilizes.
• (3) After observed change in Behavior A occurs, treatment is applied to Behavior B.
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MBD across situations
• (1) one behavior of one student is observed across two or more situations (e.g., classroom, playground);
• (2) after baseline rates stabilize in setting 1, treatment is applied;
• (3) after behavior changes in setting 1, treatment is then applied in setting 2.
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MBD across individuals
• (1) a problem behavior of two students is targeted for treatment
• (2) after baseline rate of the behavior of student A stabilizes, the treatment is applied to Student A;
• 3.) after Student A behavior is observed to change, the treatment is then applied to Student B.
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Various combinations of these MBDs can be used:
• MBD across behaviors and situations
• MBD across behaviors and individuals
• MBD across situations and individuals
• MBD across behaviors, situations, and individuals
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Sometimes, multiple, and different treatments can be used in the same single-subject design.
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Sometimes, single-subject research begins with the
treatment phase, followed by a baseline phase, and then a
second treatment phase (B-A-B) design
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Wood, Frank, & Wacker (1998).
“Teaching multiplication facts to students with learning disabilities”
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Single subject study...
• Example of multiple-baseline across subjects and across behaviors research.
• Allowed investigators to determine if– simple practice increases student learning– instruction generalizes to other multiplic. facts
• Purposes: (1) improve students’ multiplication skills; (2) evaluate efficacy of instructional program.
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Students taught four skills:
• Ask selves a question about multiplication problem;
• problem-solving strategy;
• mnemonic strategy (key-word method);
• attribution of success to correct use of strategies.
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Visual analysis
vs.
Statistical analysis
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