Single-Subject Research in Early Childhood Special Education: A Survey of Seven Selected Journals--1977-1986.

Autor/inn/en	Stile, Stephen W.; und weitere
Titel	Single-Subject Research in Early Childhood Special Education: A Survey of Seven Selected Journals--1977-1986.
Quelle	(1988), (21 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Disabilities; Periodicals; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Research Design; Research Methodology; Research Needs; Teacher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handicap; Behinderung; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Forschungsdesign; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungsbedarf; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung
Abstract	Examination of seven refereed journals over a 10-year period (1977-1986) identified 28 papers using single-subject research methodology in studies involving preschool-aged children with handicaps or their families. Five types of single-subject designs were found to be used both alone and in various combinations. Of the 30 research designs implemented in the 28 papers, multiple baseline designs were used most frequently (12 studies), followed by AB designs (six studies) and multitreatment (three studies). ABA and alternating treatments designs were implemented in one study each, and seven studies employed combinations of the designs. A low overall proportion of single-subject studies was found, accounting for only 28 articles out of the over 4,000 identified research studies involving preschool-aged children with handicaps or their families. This finding, coupled with the infrequent use of the ABA, the ABAB, and the alternating treatments designs, led to a recommendation for increased emphasis on preservice and inservice training in single-subject methodology. (JDD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC