The literature review revealed that the evaluation of inservice teacher education generally has been limited to any increase in teacher knowledge of specific topics or attitude changes which may affect a change in teacher behavior. Studies which attempted to measure a cause and effect relationship between the intervention and behavior changes in the natural setting have met with limited success. / The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects that a one-to-one inservice intervention had on the correct use of five operationally defined teacher behaviors. / A multiple baseline repeated measures design was used to measure changes in the classroom behavior of three teachers of the moderately and severely mentally handicapped. While continuous and direct observation was occurring across three teachers, each teacher received approximately two hours of direct inservice training on the appropriate use of the five teacher behaviors. The inservice occurred on days 11, 15, and 20, respectively, for teachers 1, 2, and 3. / The results indicated: (1) a functional relationship between the occurrence of the inservice sessions and an increase in the correct use of four of the five behaviors (verbal instructions, modeling, physical prompts, and consequences); and (2) the inservice intervention decreased the variability in the percent correct use of the target behaviors. Follow-up observations, approximately two weeks after the conclusion of the experiment, indicated that the teaching behaviors remained at the posttreatment levels. / These findings imply that a one-to-one inservice intervention can effectively change targeted behaviors and add to the consistency of the teachers' direct instruction. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-01, Section: A, page: 0210. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74026 |
| Contributors | LANGONE, JOHN., The Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 226 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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