title: Evaluating preference assessments for use in the general education population.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University, USA. resetarj@boystown.org
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Resetar
authors.forename: George H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Noell
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics