Abstract

MAUAD, Luiza Cristina; GUEDES, Maria do Carmo  and  AZZI, Roberta Gurgel. Behavior analysis and reading skills: a critical survey of JABA's articles. PsicoUSF [online]. 2004, vol.9, n.1, pp. 59-69. ISSN 1413-8271.

The present work intended to identify the approach ways proposed by the Behavior Analysis to teach or remedy this skill, throughout an analysis of an article review from the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis - JABA's over the years 1968 to 2002 about reading skills on the regular teaching. A data bank was build up from an article selection found by using the key words that nurtured the search on the journal web site. It was possible to identify among the analysis data collected experimental design used on the interventions, experimental variables manipulated by the researcher; observational variables that were sometimes a behavior presented by the individual or, sometimes, an environment modification expressing this behavior, types of reinforcement used, and the main goal of each intervention. The experimental variables spectrum indicates multiple intervention possibilities, which can be applied on this academic teaching in a regular teaching class environment. Teacher practicing condition on the operant procedures makes possible to raise pupils reading performance, and the presented tutorial procedures showed as an effective alternative for big classes, what comes closer to the regular teaching reality.

Keywords : Behavior analysis; Reading skill; Reading and writing teaching; Regular teaching.

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