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Effects of high-preference single-digit mathematics problem completion on multiple-digit mathematics problem

P J Belfiore1, D L Lee, A U Vargas

  • 1Education Division, Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania 16546, USA.

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
|July 1, 1997
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This study found that using preferred single-digit multiplication problems decreased the time it took for students to start more complex, multi-digit multiplication tasks. This demonstrates behavioral momentum in math learning.

Area of Science:

  • Educational Psychology
  • Applied Behavior Analysis

Background:

  • Investigating strategies to improve academic engagement and task initiation in students.
  • Examining the role of task preference in learning complex mathematical operations.

Observation:

  • Two students in an alternative education setting participated.
  • A preference assessment identified single-digit multiplication problems as highly preferred.

Findings:

  • Implementing a sequence of preferred single-digit multiplication problems reduced the latency to initiate multi-digit multiplication problems.
  • Both students demonstrated a decrease in initiation time for subsequent math problems.

Implications:

  • High-preference academic tasks can be used to build behavioral momentum for less-preferred, more complex tasks.

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  • This strategy may enhance learning and task completion in mathematics for diverse learners.