ABA glossary

Efficiency (of instruction)

Also called instructional efficiency

How quickly and economically a procedure produces learning, measured by trials, time, or sessions to criterion and weighed against the resources it requires.

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Method A reaches mastery in 40 trials and Method B in 90, so Method A is more efficient.

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BCBA C.7 · Measurement, Data Display, and InterpretationMeasuring efficiency: trials to criterion, cost-benefit, and training time

Cost-benefit analysis
Learning to learn
Mastery criterion
Time to criterion
Trials to criterion
Effective (dimension of ABA)

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