McDowell, C., & Keenan, M. (2001).
Developing fluency and endurance in a child diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
34, 345-348.
We examined the effect of a teaching method on skill fluency and
on-task endurance of a 9-year-old boy who had been diagnosed with
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. An academic task that
occurred at low fluency during 10-min baseline sessions was
taught to fluency. When responding was not yet fluent, brief
reversals to baseline showed that the learner's rate of
responding decreased and that he did not spend entire sessions on
task. However, once a fluency goal had been reached, responding
remained fluent and he remained on task in the third reversal
condition.
DESCRIPTORS: _attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, precision
teaching, endurance, fluency