Association for Behavior Analysis International

A web-based version of Holland and Skinner’s (H&S) self-instruction program was developed for teaching behavioral principles in an undergraduate program. Students were exposed to a total of 36 modules. Pre- and Post-evaluations occurred at the beginning of the program and once 12 modules were completed. Each module had different number of fil-in-the-blank sentences which were presented altogether, or as three per trial (Full and Partial groups, respectively). As modules were completed, correct responding increased within for all groups. Similarly, Pre- and Post-evaluations showed an increase in the number of correct responses among evaluations. Nevertheless, students in the Full Group showed a better performance in contrast to those in the Partial Group. Future research should consider the use of scoreboard and re-exposure to incorrect sentences. These changes should give information about student’s performance in real-time, as well as to provide the required response before testing. Altogether, these findings will allows us to recover H&S self-instruction program and teach behavioral principles to new generations through the use of technology.