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Effects of high-probability requests on the latency to initiate academic tasks
1Department of Special Education, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37202, USA.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|July 8, 2000
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a high-probability request sequence on the latency to and duration of compliance to a request for completion of an independent math assignment. The participant was an elementary-school student with learning disabilities who exhibited noncompliance during math instruction. The results showed that high-probability requests were effective in reducing the latency to compliance but only minimally affected duration of engagement.