Citation

Smith SL, Ward P. J. Appl. Behav. Anal. 2006; 39(3): 385-391.

Affiliation

University of Nebraska, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Wiley-Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17020220

PMCID

PMC1702400

Abstract

Using a multitreatment withdrawal design, this study evaluated the differential effects of publicly posted plus verbal feedback, goal setting plus verbal feedback, and publicly posted feedback, verbal feedback, and goal setting together on the performance of 3 collegiate American football players in practice scrimmages. Also assessed was whether the changes in practice behavior generalized to games. The dependent variables were performances on three wide receiver skills. The results show that public posting with verbal feedback, goal setting, and public posting with verbal feedback and goal setting were effective in improving player performance to a 90% criterion level during practice, and these changes generalized to game performance.

Language: en