Affiliation:
1. University of Maryland, College Park
2. University of Nebraska
3. Montgomery County School System, Maryland
4. Target Diagnostics, Fairfax County, Virginia
Abstract
The effectiveness of two self-monitoring interventions on the attentional and academic performance of students with learning disabilities was compared in two separate experiments. In the first experiment, a counterbalanced, multiple-baseline-across-subjects design was used to determine if attention and performance monitoring had differential effects on the spelling study behaviors of four students with learning disabilities. Both interventions had a positive impact on students' on-task behavior as well as the number of times they correctly practiced spelling words. Two of the students, however, were more productive when using self-monitoring of performance, and all the students preferred this self-monitoring procedure. In the second experiment, using the same design and procedures, the two self-monitoring interventions were applied to story writing. Both had a positive effect on the length and quality of students' stories as well as their on-task behavior during writing. Neither of the self-monitoring interventions, however, was clearly or consistently superior to the other. Recommendations for teachers regarding designing, implementing, and evaluating self-monitoring procedures are provided.
Subject
Behavioral Neuroscience,General Health Professions,Education
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