Jennifer L. Resetar & George H. Noell. (2008)
Evaluating preference assessments for use in the general education population.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
41, 447-451.
This study compared the effectiveness of a multiple-stimulus-without-replacement (MSWO)
preference assessment and teacher preference ranking in identifying reinforcers for use in a
general education setting with typically developing elementary-school children. The mean number
of digits correctly answered was greater in the MSWO-selected reward and the teacher-selected
reward conditions relative to the no-reward condition for 2 of the 4 participants, but there were
no differences between the MSWO-selected and teacher-selected reward conditions for any participant.
DESCRIPTORS: general education, preference assessment, reinforcers, teachers