PPP 771 - Behavioral Research Methods in Education

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This course addresses behavioral principles as applied in educational settings. It covers the design and analysis of both qualitative and quantitative methods with particular emphasis placed upon single subject design. Behavior manifested by school age children is examined as part of the natural world and behavior change is explained by principles derived from scientific research. Course content includes principles and procedures of reinforcement, extinction, differential reinforcement punishment, discrimination and generalization training, shaping, fading and programming. Classical conditioning, conditioned reinforcement, schedules of reinforcement, behavioral definitions, reliability and validity and direct observation are also addressed.