How to Study the Influence of Intensity of Treatment on Generalized Skill and Knowledge Acquisition in Students with Disabilities

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• 作者：Paul J. Yoder (1)
  Tiffany Woynaroski (2)
  
  1. Special Education Department ; Vanderbilt University ; Peabody Box 228 ; Nashville ; TN ; USA
  2. Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences ; Vanderbilt University ; Nashville ; TN ; USA
  
• 关键词：Intensity ; Treatment ; Measurement ; Research design ; Methodology
• 刊名：Journal of Behavioral Education
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：March 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：24
• 期：1
• 页码：152-166
• 全文大小：185 KB
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• 刊物类别：Behavioral Science
• 刊物主题：Psychology
  Child and School Psychology
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-3513

文摘

Seven empirical studies from this special issue and an overview chapter are reviewed to illustrate several points about studying the possible effects of treatment intensity manipulations on generalized skill or knowledge acquisition in students with disabilities. First, we make a case in favor of studying intensity as separate from complexity and expense of treatment. Second, we encourage researchers to define dependent variables in a way that allows us to determine whether treatment intensity effects on child skills and knowledge are highly generalized versus potentially context bound. Third, we acknowledge that effects of treatment intensity on generalized knowledge and skills will likely vary according to student characteristics. Finally, we discuss important research design and measurement issues that are relevant to isolating the likely conditional effects of treatment intensity on generalized outcomes.