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Using Auditory Feedback To Improve Dance Movements Of Children With Disabilities, Takema J. James
Using Auditory Feedback To Improve Dance Movements Of Children With Disabilities, Takema J. James
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Research incorporating behavior analysis to improve sports performance has shown that various feedback types (e.g., video feedback, public posting) can increase skills. Recently, auditory feedback has been shown to be effective. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the utility of auditory feedback to improve dance movements of children with disabilities using an ABAB design embedded in a multiple baseline across participants design. The target behaviors were fundamental dance skills, individualized to each student, and scored using a task analysis to calculate the percentage of correct steps. The results showed that auditory feedback was valuable in increasing the specific …