Question

Cristal rushes through her spelling assignments and her seatwork. She likes to finish first and read, but she makes careless mistakes and turns in incomplete work. Her teacher has tried several strategies that have not worked with Cristal. Now she plans to use applied behavior analysis. She tells Cristal that the goal is for her to complete the seatwork with fewer than three errors and no incompletions. She tells Cristal she will give her a token each time she meets the goal. If she achieves five tokens in a week, she will choose a reward from the surprise basket. Now what does the teacher need to do:
A) Offer the same intervention and incentives to all children in the class.
B) Alter the intervention every week to keep Cristal interested.
C) Change the goal every time Cristal earns a token.
D) Keep a record of Cristal's results and modify the plan if necessary.

Answer 1

Answer:

D) Keep a record of Cristal's results and modify the plan if necessary.

Explanation:

This is the best strategy that Crystal's teacher can follow. In this example, Crystal's teacher is now following a strategy that has a clear goal and that appears promising when it comes to Cristal's performance. However, in order to ensure that this is the case, the teacher should keep track of Cristal's results. If at some point the strategy appears to be uneffective, then she can modify the plan.