Determining Individual Preschoolers' Preferences in a Group Arrangement
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| Title: | Determining Individual Preschoolers' Preferences in a Group Arrangement |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Layer, Stacy A., Hanley, Gregory P., Heal, Nicole A. |
| Source: | Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Spr 2008 41(1):25-37. |
| Availability: | Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. Available from: Department of Applied Behavioral Science. Kansas University, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-2133. Tel: 785-841-4425; Fax: 785-841-4425; e-mail: behavior@mail.ku.edu; Web site: http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jaba/index.html |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 13 |
| Publication Date: | 2008 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Preschool Education |
| Descriptors: | Student Evaluation, Preschool Children, Probability, Paired Associate Learning, Patterned Responses, Preschool Education |
| ISSN: | 0021-8855 |
| Abstract: | This study sought to determine the accuracy of an assessment format in which selection outcomes were delayed and probabilistic; these are unavoidable features of an assessment designed to determine preferences of multiple children simultaneously. During the single arrangement, preference hierarchies were established by having a child repeatedly select from among several foods and by sequentially restricting preferred items from the array. After being taught the associations between colored cards and the same food items, group assessments were conducted with 3 children simultaneously, in which each child chose a card and all children received the food correlated with a randomly selected card from those that had just been selected. The group assessment appeared to be accurate and perhaps more efficient for determining preferences; thus, we posit that this arrangement is suitable for determining context preferences of multiple children simultaneously. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.) |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Number of References: | 20 |
| Entry Date: | 2008 |
| Access URL: | https://www.jeabjaba.org/jaba/toc/2008/jabaspring08.php |
| Accession Number: | EJ789965 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This study sought to determine the accuracy of an assessment format in which selection outcomes were delayed and probabilistic; these are unavoidable features of an assessment designed to determine preferences of multiple children simultaneously. During the single arrangement, preference hierarchies were established by having a child repeatedly select from among several foods and by sequentially restricting preferred items from the array. After being taught the associations between colored cards and the same food items, group assessments were conducted with 3 children simultaneously, in which each child chose a card and all children received the food correlated with a randomly selected card from those that had just been selected. The group assessment appeared to be accurate and perhaps more efficient for determining preferences; thus, we posit that this arrangement is suitable for determining context preferences of multiple children simultaneously. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.) |
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| ISSN: | 0021-8855 |
