Teacher Implementation of a Pretreatment Assessment Procedure in a Public Middle School
Description:
In an attempt to determine the effectiveness of a pretreatment assessment procedure known as the scatter plot (Touchette, MacDonald, & Langer, 1985), direct observational data was collected by 13 middle school teachers on four "problem" students. After four weeks of data collection, interobserver agreement probes were calculated and a visual analysis of the plotted data was performed to ascertain a possible pattern of problem behavior. Additionally, in an attempt to assess the teachers' percept…
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Date:
May 1999
Creator:
Alcala, Angelo L. (Angelo Lee)