Assessment of the effects of boom cards on establishing conditional discriminations

Document Type

Thesis

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Psychology

Degree

M.S. Applied Behavior Analysis

Date Completed

2021

First Committee Member

Dickson, Chata A.

Second Committee Member

Johnson, Cammarie

Third Committee Member

Henley, Amy

Abstract

"In the wake of the social distancing guidelines set forth in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, reliance on telemedicine and remote learning procedures increased, as did the popularity of web-based educator resources such as Boom Cards. The purpose of this study was to evaluate Boom Cards as a method for establishing conditional discriminations. One adolescent boy diagnosed with autism was taught arbitrary conditional discriminations using Boom Cards, progressive-delay prompting, and trial and error teaching methods. The study utilized a parallel treatments design, including 3 comparisons of 2 teaching methods each. Across all comparisons, relations were established in fewer sessions using Boom Cards than either of the more traditional table top teaching methods evaluated. Additionally, in a concurrent chain preference assessment the participant selected Boom Cards exclusively, providing a degree of social validity to the technology."

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