Single-Case Designs for Educational Research
Published on 10. December 2004
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-205-34023-1 (ISBN)
Description
Single-Case Designs for Educational Research provides up-to-date, in-depth information about the use of single-case experimental designs in educational research across a range of educational settings and students.
Each chapter reviews state-of-the-art content in a writing style that is accessible to graduate-level students. Examples of research methods are drawn from contemporary educational literature and address a range of student populations and educational issues.
Each chapter reviews state-of-the-art content in a writing style that is accessible to graduate-level students. Examples of research methods are drawn from contemporary educational literature and address a range of student populations and educational issues.
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Content
Preface.
I. BACKGROUND.
1. Conducting Experiments.
2. History of Single-Case Designs.
II. STRATEGIC ISSUES.
3. Functional Relations.
4. Direct and Systematic Replication.
5. Experimental Questions.
III. MEASUREMENT.
6. Quantifying Behavior.
7. Recording Systems.
8. Interobserver Agreement.
IV. DESIGN TACTICS.
9. A-B-A-B Designs.
10. Multielement Designs.
11. Multiple Baseline Designs.
12. Repeated Acquisition Designs.
13. Brief Experimental Designs.
14. Combined Designs.
V. ANALYZING DATA.
15. Visual Data Analysis.
16. Social Validity.
References.
I. BACKGROUND.
1. Conducting Experiments.
2. History of Single-Case Designs.
II. STRATEGIC ISSUES.
3. Functional Relations.
4. Direct and Systematic Replication.
5. Experimental Questions.
III. MEASUREMENT.
6. Quantifying Behavior.
7. Recording Systems.
8. Interobserver Agreement.
IV. DESIGN TACTICS.
9. A-B-A-B Designs.
10. Multielement Designs.
11. Multiple Baseline Designs.
12. Repeated Acquisition Designs.
13. Brief Experimental Designs.
14. Combined Designs.
V. ANALYZING DATA.
15. Visual Data Analysis.
16. Social Validity.
References.