scholarly journals A Comparison of Guided Notes and Video Modules in an Online Course

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 48-60
Author(s):  
Gabrielle Tsai Lee
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Guided Notes ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Alternating Treatments Design ◽  
Adapted Alternating Treatments Design ◽  
Perceived Helpfulness ◽  
Overall Effectiveness ◽  
Quiz Scores

The purpose of the study was to compare the effects of guided notes versus video modules as a supplement to textbook readings on student quiz scores and to evaluate the overall effectiveness of guided notes in a fully online course. A total of 15 graduate students, aged 22 to 30, participated in this study. The study combined an adapted alternating treatments design and a pretest-posttest design with all participants experienced in both teaching methods in the same sequence. The experimental conditions contained the textbook readings supplemented with guided notes versus video modules. Results indicated both guided notes and video modules were effective, but students' quiz scores were significantly higher under the video modules condition than the guided notes condition. No difference was found in students' perceived helpfulness of the materials, but the students enjoyed video modules significantly more than guided notes.

Equating and Assigning Targets in the Adapted Alternating Treatments Design: Review of Special Education Journals

2021 ◽  
pp. 074193252199607
Author(s):  
Tom Cariveau ◽  
Casey Irwin Helvey ◽  
T. Kristina Moseley ◽  
Julie Hester
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Potential Bias ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Design Review ◽  
Alternating Treatments Design ◽  
Current Review ◽  
Response Chains ◽  
Adapted Alternating Treatments Design ◽  
Target Sets

The current review examined the prevalence of the adapted alternating treatments design (AATD) across 22 special education journals and methods to equate and assign target sets to experimental conditions in the AATD. Since the seminal description of the design in 1985, a total of 49 articles were published using the AATD across 12 of the reviewed journals. The most prominent methods of equating target sets differed from prior reviews of behavior-analytic journals, likely due to the preponderance of response chains being targeted in special education research using the AATD. The majority of articles describe at least one method for equating target sets, although multiple methods were common. Additional methodological strengths in this literature included methods to reduce potential bias when assigning target sets to experimental conditions and counterbalancing target sets across participants. Considerations for practitioners and researchers when using the AATD are described.

Comparison of Prompting Techniques to Teach Children With Autism to Ask Questions in the Context of a Conversation

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew G. Swerdan ◽  
Rocío Rosales
Keyword(s):  
Stimulus Control ◽  
Children With Autism ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Control Procedure ◽  
Transfer Of Stimulus Control ◽  
Alternating Treatments Design ◽  
Textual Prompts ◽  
Students With Autism ◽  
Adapted Alternating Treatments Design

An adapted alternating treatments design was used to compare the efficacy of echoic and textual prompts to teach three students with autism (ages 8–15) to ask questions related to two pre-selected topics of conversation. Participants were first required to answer questions related to the topics to determine whether accurate responses were within their repertoire. This was followed by a transfer of stimulus control procedure to teach participants to ask relevant questions to the experimenter on the same topics. Probes with a novel conversation topic were conducted in the natural environment with a peer, and follow-up probes were conducted after training. Results indicate questions taught using an echoic prompt were acquired in fewer trials to criterion than questions taught using a textual prompt for two of the three participants. Limitations and implications for future research will be discussed.

A Comparison of High and Low Dosages of a Component of Milieu Teaching Strategies for Two Preschool-Age Learners With Autism Spectrum Disorder

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah M. Julien ◽  
Joe Reichle
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Treatment Intensity ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Alternating Treatments Design ◽  
Milieu Teaching ◽  
Adapted Alternating Treatments Design

Purpose The intersection of treatment intensity and communication intervention is an emerging area of investigation. Milieu teaching (MT) approaches for teaching communication skills to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have a substantial evidence base (see Goldstein, 2002). However, a relatively small percentage (37.8%) of MT studies have fully detailed the parameters that are required to determine treatment intensity (Parker-McGowan et al., 2014). This study compared the effect of two dosages of the modeling component of milieu teaching on acquisition and maintenance of new vocabulary for two preschoolers with ASD. Method Low- and high-dosage conditions were compared within an adapted alternating treatments design. Participants were two preschool-age children with ASD. Results Results suggested a functional relationship between dose of MT models and acquisition of vocabulary items. For 1 participant, a high-dose application yielded more efficient acquisition. For the second participant, a low-dose application yielded more efficient acquisition. Conclusion The results of this study highlight the influence of individual differences in ostensibly similar persons and response to intervention. The need for better quantifying dosage parameters and examining the relationship between dosage and intervention approaches for preschool-age learners with ASD is discussed.

An empirical investigation on learning and teaching lean manufacturing

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-354
Author(s):  
Guilherme Luz Tortorella ◽  
Rogério Miorando ◽  
Diego Fettermann ◽  
Diego Tlapa Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Learning Preferences ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learning And Teaching

PurposeThis article identifies the association between two methods for teaching lean manufacturing (LM): problem-based learning (PBL) and classroom lectures, and students' learning styles of a postgraduate course.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from graduate students LM courses that present different teaching approaches. Thus, students' learning preferences were gathered through the application of the Index of Learning Style questionnaire, and their performance assessed after each course.FindingsResults indicate that learning styles are indeed associated with LM teaching approaches, and comprehending interaction effects between learning style dimensions is essential for properly adapting the teaching method. However, these interactions have different extensions.Originality/valueAlthough teaching LM has significantly evolved over the past decades, the single application of traditional teaching methods jeopardizes learning effectiveness of graduate students because of the practical nature of LM. This study provides evidence to better understand the effect of complementary teaching methods and their relationship with students' preferences, empirically examining that there is not one best approach for understanding LM.

Collaboration in Online Communications

2011 ◽  
pp. 264-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert L. Ingram ◽  
Lesley G. Hathorn
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Online Communications ◽  
Clear Idea ◽  
Distance Courses

Collaboration and cooperation have become firmly established as teaching methods in face-to-face classes (e.g., Johnson, Johnson, & Smith, 1998). They are also rapidly becoming widespread in online teaching and learning in both hybrid (mixed traditional and online) course and distance courses. The methods are likely to be most effective if they are firmly grounded in how people actually work together. Some groups collaborate more successfully than others. Frequently, instructors may place students into groups in the expectation that they will collaborate without a clear idea of what collaboration is or how to recognize and encourage it. We must define what we mean by the terms, both so that we can use the techniques successfully and so that we can research them accurately.

Collaboration in Online Communications

2011 ◽  
pp. 314-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert L. Ingram ◽  
Lesley G. Hathorn
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Accurate Solution ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Online Communications ◽  
Clear Idea ◽  
Distance Courses

Collaboration and cooperation have become firmly established as teaching methods in face-to-face classes (e.g., Johnson, Johnson, & Smith, 1998). They are also rapidly becoming widespread in online teaching and learning in both hybrid (mixed traditional and online) course and distance courses. The methods are likely to be most effective if they are firmly grounded in how people actually work together. Some groups collaborate more successfully than others. Frequently, instructors may place students into groups in the expectation that they will collaborate without a clear idea of what collaboration is or how to recognize and encourage it. We must define what we mean by the terms, both so that we can use the techniques successfully and so that we can research them accurately. In addition, we must distinguish between groups in which people act independently from those who act collaboratively. As Surowiecki (2004) has pointed out, when all the results are aggregated, a large number of people acting independently may give a more accurate solution to a problem than an expert. Interdependent groups may often produce results inferior to the results obtained by their best-performing members or may be affected by a “groupthink” mentality.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Use of an Online Video Training Program to Supplement a Graduate Course in Applied Behavior Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-32
Author(s):  
Gabrielle T. Lee ◽  
Tzu-Fen Chang
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Behavior Analysis ◽  
Applied Behavior Analysis ◽  
Online Course ◽  
Online Video ◽  
Guided Notes ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Video Training ◽  
Online Videos ◽  
Video Program

The primary purpose of the present article was to evaluate the effects of a supplemental online video program on student quiz performance for an online course in applied behavior analysis. Nineteen graduate students, in ages ranging from 22 to 40, agreed to participate in this study. A within-subject group design was used. The control condition contained textbook readings and accompanied self-guided notes, while an online video training program was added to supplement the experimental condition. Results indicated that the students scored significantly higher in their weekly quizzes under the condition supplemented with the online video training program. The students perceived the video training program as equally helpful as the textbook, but they enjoyed the online videos significantly more than the textbook. Students' self-reported enjoyment of the online videos was also positively correlated to their quiz performance under the condition supplemented with the videos.

scholarly journals Are Active Teaching Methods Suitable for All Generation Y students?—Creativity as a Needed Ingredient and the Role of Learning Style

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Nina Pološki Vokić ◽  
Ana Aleksić
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Generation Y ◽  
Teaching Methods ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Active Teaching ◽  
Perceptions Of Students

Active teaching methods are emphasized as an important part of an effective teaching process for Generation Y students. Still, some individual characteristics, such as creativity and learning style, need to be considered as they can affect outcomes of the learning process. Empirical research on the students’ preferences for various active and passive teaching methods was done on a sample of graduate students from the Faculty of Economics and Business in Zagreb. Perceptions of students regarding 52 individual teaching methods, and teaching methods bundles were investigated. Findings reveal that more creative students, as well as activists and pragmatists, and especially reflectors while learning, do exhibit the greater inclination towards active teaching methods.

scholarly journals Influence of the Instructions on the Performance and Establishment of Memorization Strategies in Space Judgments

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 312-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Ackel Rodrigues ◽  
Susi Lippi Marques
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Power Function ◽  
Mental Representation ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Internal Representation ◽  
Space Perception ◽  
Physical Space ◽  
Visual Space ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Experimental Configuration

Studies of visual space perception have been assuming that people have an internal representation of the physical space that surrounds them. A variety of psychophysical procedures has been used in an attempt to measure the properties of visual space. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the accuracy of the mental representation and the strategies adopted to acquire and retain visuo-spatial information of a configuration as a function of two types of instructions. Thirty-eight undergraduate and graduate students participated in the study and were distributed in perceptive and mnemonic experimental conditions. The effect of the instructions (intentional and incidental) on the representation of the distances among the objects of the scene was estimated using exponents of power function, based on the reproduction of the distances among the stimuli of the scene. The results revealed that judgments made under intentional instructions were more frequently based on strategies related to the location of the stimuli, whereas judgments originating from incidental instructions were based on strategies related to the name of the stimuli. It was observed that the intentional instruction facilitated a more accurate mental representation of the observed experimental configuration, enhancing participants' performance.

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