Date of Award
Winter 12-13-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Ryan Speelman, rspeelman@pittstate.edu
Second Advisor
Dr. Brian Sims, bsims@pittstate.edu
Third Advisor
Dr. Julie Allison, jallison@pittstate.edu
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Jamie Wood, jwood@pittstate.edu
Keywords
stimulus equivalence, EBI, higher education, distance learning
Abstract
With the increasing prevalence of online courses and instruction, advanced methods to teach technical concepts for students in higher education are of value. Equivalence-Based Instruction (EBI) is an effective, efficient, and empirically validated teaching methodology. This study developed a match-to-sample EBI protocol embedded in CANVAS to teach four common single-subject designs to graduate students. Results were compared between an equivalence group receiving a reduced-intensity EBI protocol and a group receiving a traditional video lecture to serve as the control. The ability of the participants to generalize the trained relations to novel stimuli was also evaluated. Results indicate that the EBI procedure implemented by the current authors significantly increased pretest-to-posttest scores and allowed for generalization to novel exemplars. EBI streamlines the teaching of intricate concepts, may be shared across disciplines, and may allow students to gain a minimum competency prior to attending a lecture.
Recommended Citation
Williams, Griffin DeCuir, "Equivalence-Based Instruction to Teach Single-Subject Designs in Higher Education" (2019). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 355.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/etd/355
