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Trials to criterion

The number of response opportunities a learner needs to reach a preset performance criterion; a common measure of teaching efficiency.

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Hana met mastery on color names after 45 trials with one method and 80 with another.

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

Cost-benefit analysis
Efficiency (of instruction)
Learning to learn
Mastery criterion
Time to criterion
Trial-based functional analysis

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