Remote Teaching of AB Graphs in Microsoft Excel.

Area of Science:

• Behavior Analysis
• Educational Technology
• Data Visualization

Background:

• Graphing is a crucial skill across diverse professions.
• Traditional training methods for graphing software often lack behavior-analytic approaches.
• Behavior-analytic techniques have potential for wider application beyond behavior analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop and evaluate a treatment package for teaching college students to create AB graphs in Microsoft Excel.
• To adapt and improve upon existing graphing tools (Lehardy et al., 2021) by incorporating a workbook, video tutorials, checklist, and feedback.
• To address social validity limitations identified in previous research.

Main Methods:

• A treatment package was implemented, including a graphing workbook, video tutorials, an itemized graphing checklist, and corrective feedback.
• College students were trained to create AB graphs using Microsoft Excel.
• The intervention utilized behavior-analytic techniques.

Main Results:

• Graphing behavior increased to nearly 100% for all participants.
• The average training session time was 43.58 minutes.
• The procedure proved effective in enhancing graphing skills efficiently.

Conclusions:

• The developed treatment package is effective for rapidly improving graphing skills in college students.
• Behavior-analytic techniques can be successfully disseminated and applied to enhance skills in various academic and professional fields.
• The study supports the utility of behavior-analytic methods for diverse training scenarios.