Monday, 4/4/2022
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University
Shawnee State University
Major
Intervention Special k-12 (special education)
Presentation Types
Oral Presentation
Keywords:
Behavior Momentum, 5th Grade
Abstract
For students with disabilities, it can be challenging to start on a task immediately after receiving the instructions. Behavioral momentum is a proposed solution to this problem. By utilizing the behavioral momentum theory, having students go from easier to perform tasks, to more difficult tasks, has not only been shown to improve latency, but also grades. This study utilized an AB single-case research design to examine the effects of behavioral momentum on latency in starting a task strategy for a 5th-grade student with EBD in a rural school in Southern Ohio. Results showed a greater than 50% decrease in the time it took the student to start on work. Following the intervention, the time it took for the student to on his work decreased by 53%.
Human Subjects
yes
IRB Approval
yes
Faculty Mentor Name
Michele Moohr
Faculty Mentor Title
Assistant Professor
Faculty Mentor Academic Department
School of Education
Recommended Citation
Brock, Noah, "Latency Benefits using the Behavior Momentum Theory" (2022). Celebration of Scholarship. 6.
https://digitalcommons.shawnee.edu/cos/2022/day1/6
Latency Benefits using the Behavior Momentum Theory
For students with disabilities, it can be challenging to start on a task immediately after receiving the instructions. Behavioral momentum is a proposed solution to this problem. By utilizing the behavioral momentum theory, having students go from easier to perform tasks, to more difficult tasks, has not only been shown to improve latency, but also grades. This study utilized an AB single-case research design to examine the effects of behavioral momentum on latency in starting a task strategy for a 5th-grade student with EBD in a rural school in Southern Ohio. Results showed a greater than 50% decrease in the time it took the student to start on work. Following the intervention, the time it took for the student to on his work decreased by 53%.