Single subject design research paper
Single subject design research paper
Your paper should meet the following specifications:
Format: You must use APA format for your paper. The paper must include a title page, abstract page, body of paper, a reference page, and an appendix. Note: Resources on APA format are located in the course Content area.
Body: The body of the paper should be a minimum of four pages. This means the total paper, including the title page, abstract, reference page, and appendix, should be a minimum of eight pages. In each section, you must communicate your points and support them with evidence cited from the three peer-reviewed journal articles you already obtained. The body must include an introduction and the following four sections, indicated by Level 1 APA headings:
Description of project: the problem and goal, as well as baseline and intervention data measurement.
Baseline phase: Findings from baseline data measurement. Refer to the chart in the appendix of your paper.
Intervention phase: Findings from intervention data measurement. Refer to the chart in the appendix of your paper. (See Appendix description below.)
Results: Discuss the outcome of the project. If it was successful, what contributed to its success? Do you plan to continue the new behavior now that the project has ended? Why or why not? If the project wasn’t successful, how might the intervention phase be changed? Do you plan to try a different intervention? Why or why not?
Appendix: Place an appendix after the reference page that includes a chart tracking your baseline and intervention data. The chart may be created electronically or by hand, as long as it is neat and legible. Review and apply APA guidelines for appendices. Resources on APA format are available in the Content area.
Baseline findings
My personal behavior that I decided to change is procrastination. I chose this behavior because I have a really bad habit of waiting until the last minute for to do everything and its starting to affect my everyday life. I plan to do several things to change this behavior. I feel as though keeping an agenda and writing down my everyday task will help me organize my to do’s better so I wont have think about what I have to possibly do for the day. This will help with my time management. I plan to keep a recorded of my data and results by keeping track of every hour of my day. Though this sounds like a lot, keeping track of what I have done so far for the day is a great way to make sure all of my daily task get completed when they are supposed to.
Journal 1
I started my baseline data tracking for my procrastination on May 1st and ended it on May 7th. I tracked how frequently and how long I procrastinated during the six day period. The goal is to decrease the amount of times I get distracted and to stay focused on the task. I will measure how many times I become distracted once I start my assignment and how long I actually remain distracted for that period, causing me to delay completing my assignment. Once I have determined this, I will then measure how many assignments I have finished by the end of every day.
After the six days, I came to the conclusion that I am a real procrastinator and it does not have to be that way if I just manage my time a lot better. I have assignments due on Wednesday’s, Thursday’s and Saturday’s (I am taking four classes) on the morning of Wednesday, May 1st I had only completed three of the five assignments due that day. I got up early that morning to complete the other two, but as usual the day did not go as planned. I was still trying to complete the last assignment up until it was almost time to submit. During the six days, I recorded the amount of time I spent on the computer doing assignments and also recorded any distractions I had. Viewing the results from these two data collections did not surprise me at all. It mainly just reassured me that something has to change. My two biggest distractions were social media and talking on the phone. Being on social media happens maybe 3 to 4 time while I am in the middle of completing an assignment. Talking on the phone is the same way. I actually call this “taking a break”.
My goal is to decrease the amount of times I take these breaks so they occur less frequently and for a shorter period of time. Although when it comes to studying, it is a good idea to take a break every now and then, taking too much breaks or being distracted for long periods of time can be very damaging when it comes to completing assignments which in turn can cause you to submit unsatisfactory work and miss deadlines. I believe if I cut down on the amount of “breaks” I take or even just put the phone on do not disturb for the amount of time I have designated for each assignment, I should be able to complete each class assignments before the actually day they are due.
Journal 2
My first week of my baseline tracking started on May 8th and ended on May 14th. I tracked how frequently and how long I procrastinated for 6 days. At the beginning of my tracking my goal was to decrease the amount of times I get distracted and to try to stay focused on the task. Here are my figures:
Thursday May 9th: I spent 5 hours total working on assignments. During those 5 hours I had about 5 distractions. Each of them lasted about 10 minutes. (16.66%)
Friday May 10th: I spent 2 hours total working on assignments. During those 2 hours I had about 3 distractions. Each of them lasted between 10-15 minutes. (37.5%)
Saturday May 11th: I spent 2 hours total working on assignments. During those 2 hours I had about 2 distractions. Each of them lasted between 5-9 minutes. (15%)
Sunday May 12th: I spent 5 hours total working on assignments. During those 5 hours I had about 7 distractions. Each of them lasted between 10-15 minutes. (35%)
Monday May 13th: I spent 4 hours total working on assignments. During those 4 hours I had about 3 distractions. Each of them lasted about 9-12 minutes. (15%)
Tuesday May 14th: I spent 3 hours total working on assignments. During those 3 hours I had about 5 distractions. Each of them lasted between 7-10 minutes. (27%)
Overall, when looking back at my week, I spent quite a bit of time doing school assignments. After calculating (distraction time / by total time spent on assignment X 100 = % of distracted time) I realized that on some days my percentage of distracted time was high compared to the amount of time I actually spent on the assignments. I know I have major improvements to make, but I also know this is just the beginning. As I continue tracking, my goal is to continue decreasing the amount of times I get distracted which will then decrease the amount of overall time I am spending doing assignments. One of my major goals for the upcoming week is to try putting my phone on do not disturb and see how that will help me with my distractions. Although, I may still look at my phone from time to time (my daughter just started daycare), at least I will not be talking on it.
Journal 3
As I complete week three and four of tracking my procrastination I can defiantly see a decrease in the time I take doing my assignments. Week two of my baseline tracking started on May 15th and ended on May 21st. I continued to track how frequently and how long I was being distracted. After looking at the data from the first week, it was obvious I needed to do a lot better. I could tell that putting my phone on silent was helping somewhat, but the distractions was still there.
As I started week two, I decided to not only put my phone on silent, but put it a little further away from me so that it was not easy to get to. Day one was very hard, as I kept getting up to check my phone which eventually became annoying because I hardly got anything accomplished. By day three I was not getting up to just check the phone, but did check it when I did get up. At the end of week two, I had cut down on my distractions, and found that I was getting a lot more work done. Going into week three, I continued to leave the phone at a distance and unless I was getting up to do something else I was not checking my phone. As I come to the end of week three, I have been able to complete or make significant progress with my assignments. I have concluded that I needed to just put the phone on silent and at a distance from where I do my assignments. As I continue my educational journey, I will defiantly continue to use this tactic. I have been able to get more work done this way and wish I had done it a lot sooner.
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