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English
Abstract (type = abstract)
Students with or at-risk of High Incidence Disabilities (HID) experience a multitude of negative outcomes. To intervene early, many schools have elected to implement evidence-based practices within Response to Intervention (RTI). RTI targets the academic and behavioral progress of students deemed “at risk” for HID with increasingly intensive interventions. Throughout the RTI process, teachers play a critical role in data-based decision-making by collecting, interpreting, and applying behavioral data. However, very limited research has explored teacher ability, confidence, or usefulness to engage in this role. As such, the purpose of this study was to explore pre-service and in-service teachers’ ability, confidence, willingness, and perceived usefulness to interpret and apply behavioral data before and after a brief behavior analytic training titled “Collecting, Interpreting, and Applying Graphed Behavioral Data” (CIA-GBD), and the factors that influenced each outcome. One hundred and one participants completed a survey and 24 participants attended CIA-GBD. Results indicated that, prior to CIA-GBD, teachers were somewhat able to find specific information in the graphed data, but were challenged to interpret the effects of intervention or make decisions based on the data. After training, teacher ability increased in all aspects; with the exceptions of data application. In addition, teacher confidence and willingness to interpret and apply graphed behavioral data increased. These data suggest the benefits of a brief training to increase teacher data use and application.
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Topic
Behavior
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Education
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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ETD_10624
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1 online resource (xv, 142 pages) : illustrations
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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School of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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rucore10001600001
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