Use of Functional Assessment and a Self-Management System to Increase Academic Engagement and Work Completion:

TLDR: In this article, the authors investigated whether a functional relationship exists between self-monitoring with self-recruited reinforcement and an increase in both on-task behavior and as-signment completion.

Abstract: This study investigates whether a functional relationship exists between self- monitoring with self-recruited reinforcement and an increase in both on-task behavior and as- signment completion. The study further assesses whether self-monitoring with self-recruited reinforcement is associated with generalization of performance gains to untrained settings. Tr aining in self-management procedures included systematic instruction of behavior and gen- eral case programming to promote generalization of skills. An ABCAC design was used to assess the effects of self-management procedures in the training setting, and a multiple-baseline- across-settings design was used to assess generalization effects. The results demonstrated that a functional relationship existed between self-monitoring with self-recruited reinforcement and an increase in on-task behavior and assignment completion. Generalization of self- management skills to novel school contexts varied. The role of self-management procedures in promoting generalization is discussed.