The effects of different mastery criteria on the skill maintenance of children with developmental disabilities. Issue 3 (3rd June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Richling, Sarah M.; Williams, W. Larry; Carr, James E.
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied behavior analysis. Volume 52:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 701
• Page End: 717
• Publication Date: 2019-06-03
• Subjects: accuracy -- developmental disabilities -- discrete‐trial teaching -- maintenance -- mastery criteria -- skill acquisition; Psychology, Applied -- Periodicals; Social Behavior -- Periodicals; 150
• DOI: 10.1002/jaba.580
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-8855

Abstract

Abstract : The acquisition of skills by individuals with developmental disabilities typically includes the attainment of a certain mastery criterion. We conducted a survey of practitioners who indicated the most commonly used mastery criterion as 80% accuracy across three consecutive sessions. Based on these results, we conducted a series of three experiments to evaluate the relation between mastery criterion and subsequent skill maintenance with 4 individuals with various developmental disabilities. Results suggest that 80% accuracy across three consecutive sessions may be insufficient for producing maintenance in some cases.