C06 Measure Trials to Criterion

Question 1

A student is learning to discriminate between the long and short vowel sounds of the letter o. Words with either the long or short vowel sound are presented in random order in blocks of ten trials. Trials-to-criterion data would be reported as

Answer 1

The number of trial blocks presented until the student correctly discriminates between words with long and short vowel sounds on all ten trials

Question 2

When opportunities to respond are presented in blocks of trials, trials-to-criterion data are reported as

Answer 2

The number of blocks of trials required for the learner to emit the correct response on a predetermined percentage of trials

Question 3

Potty training graph

Answer 3

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Question 4

Trials-to-criterion is calculated by adding the

Answer 4

Number of learning trials to achieve criterion

Question 5

When measuring trials-to-criterion,

Answer 5

Record each opportunity to response

Question 6

If the target behavior is shoe tying, trials to criterion would be a measure of

Answer 6

The number of opportunities required for the learner to tie a shoe correctly without assistance

Question 7

A teacher wants to know if her students… Trials to criterion data can be used to determine which method is more efficient by comparing

Answer 7

The number of practice trials required for her students to spell every word correctly in one set of words versus the other set

Question 8

A child with autism is learning to identify colors… trials to criterion data can be used to assess

Answer 8

The child’s acquisition of generalized color-matching repertiore