ABA 624: SafMeds Week 1-8
Course Goal:
My goal for this course was to maintain a steady rate of studying. I want to maintain a positive trend throughout my SafMeds trials. I plan to do this by incorporating a trials-to-criterion measurement to maintain a goal and aim towards it every week. This will allow me to keep track of terms I am understanding and terms I am not. I also hope to gain as much new knowledge as I can through discussions and Collaborate Ultra sessions. These sessions allow me to prepare for the BCBA exam and take notes on the information I am having trouble with.
Week 1:
This week I began the new deck one. My last recorded trial run I obtained 6 correct and 0 incorrect. I studied the new deck as much as I could, considering the holidays. My data trend went up a little. I took three days out of the week to study the deck. However, I know I could have spent more days on the deck going through the new terms because this deck seemed to have more cards.
One intervention method that seemed to help me is by dividing the cards into 14 or 15 card piles. That way the deck doesn’t look overwhelming by the quantity. I can practice running 30 second timers on each sub deck I do and go through all the terms better. I plan to continue doing this for deck one and the remining decks we are going to practice.
Week 2:
My last trial I ran this week I obtained 9 correct and 1 incorrect. This week was definatley challenging on my study time. A client of mine tested positive for COVID so in the middle of the week I was notified of this and had to cancel sessions and get tested myself. I was able to fit in some time for my deck throughout the week and create a slight upward trend in my data due to having less work and some time for studying.
Although I was stressing, quarantining, and trying to maintain some sanity in my room, I still tried to get some study time in. I felt it was much harder to study the deck due to my stress even though I had more time on my hands. Luckily I foundout friday that I tested negative and that took a huge weight off my shoulders. I'm hoping this week will be a lot easier to focus on my deck.
Week 3:
For deck 2, I continued to practice the deck in two different decks. This made my practicing easier and seemed less overwhelming. I was able to get through more of the cards when timing myself and I felt I was able to get through more of the terms because I split them up. For this deck, I am changing the condition to separate the deck in the way I practice them. I created a deck 2A, 2B and each deck contains 17 cards. I will continue to try this out to see if this will help my deck studying.
For this week I practiced deck 2A. My first trial I recorded 8 correct and 1 wrong. Then I started to stumble on the cards and stayed around the same number until today, my last recorded trial was 10 correct and 0 wrong. Eve though I studied this deck more than the previous one, I didn’t track my neutral(mastered) deck. I wanted to focus on the new deck since we will be recording ourself for week 4. As for deck 2A, my trend line went up., which I'm happy about. I will see how my data looks when I add in deck 2B next week.
Week 4:
My last trial ran, I obtained 12 correct and 0 incorrect. My intervention method I implemented a few weeks ago seems to be working. I created subdecks that split deck 2 into two decks. This allows me more time to focus on 17 cards instead of 34 at one time. I believe it to be working because my data trend line is going up. Both deck 2A and 2B were ascending during my trial recording.
In my video for this week (week 4) you can hear all of the distractions in the background. I think if my environment was a lot quieter and less distracting, it would have helped me increase my total amount of cards correct. However, this was unavoidable. I think next time I run my trials, I can choose a time when less people are home. I believe this will help my focus.
Week 5:
For my last trial ran this week, I received 12 correct, 0 wrong, and 12 neutral. It was a lot easier to go over the SafMeds this week because of the break we had over the holidays. It was a nice chance to enjoy time with family and focus on the time around them. I was less stressed out with work and trying to get things done. It felt like a refresher going back to deck two after taking a break from them.
I continued to study my deck in two halves because this method works best for me. It has continued to increase the amount of cards I receive correct. My trend has continued to go up instead of going down. This is how I know studying the decks in half has helped me.
Week 6:
For my last trial ran this week, I obtained 11 correct and 0 incorrect for Deck three. Due to the deck only being a 16 card pile, I didnt need to seperate the pile into two decks like I did for the previous one. The terms in this deck were also a lot easier to remember than the previous pile. For my first time running deck three, I obtained 7 correct and thats better than what i did when I began deck two. I think the terms were easier to remember because they were easier to understand.
I wasn't aware that we had to be tracking five times a week. After recieving the email, I was able to dedicate around 10 minutes a day to the safmeds. It wasn't much but It was enough to track the amount needed for practice and to increase my trial increase. I'm very close to hitting my goal of 15 correct on this deck. I think with more practice this week, It will happen.
Week 7:
This week I am super happy that I was able to accomplish getting all 16 cards correct on my trials and 0 incorrect. I was able to practice the deck at least 10 minutes by looking over them and tracking a trial five times a week. This was helpful. But I still felt this deck was much easier to accomplish getting the number of trials to increase because the information was much easier for me to grasp. This is the first deck I mastered the most correct trials, including previous course SafMeds deck.
By getting more cards correct this week, It has motivated me for future decks. I was also able to purchase an organizer to separate all my decks and put them in their own respective places for future uses. This helps me organize the information and retrieve them when I need them. I also followed the Instagram page that the professor recommended "rogueaba" when I was listening to the recording last week for collaborate Ultra. I also followed more pages relating to ABA and it made me happy to see other people dedicated to the field and offering study tips for a successful future in ABA.
Week 8:
To prepare for the final, I utilized trials to criterion when practicing deck three. I practiced until I reached at least 14 cards correct and 0 incorrect and tracked the trial. After that, I focused on all three of my safmeds decks. I went over them all and incorporated permanent product recording to measure the number of cards I memorized by putting them into two separate piles. This prepared me for the questions I would encounter on the final exam. I would go over the ones I stumbled on and looked into them deeper as to why I wasn't getting them correct or hesitating on them. This helped me gain a better grasp of the concepts.
In addition, I also went over previous notes that I had taken from watching the recordings of the collaborate ultra sessions. This helped me refresh on the topics we went over. After that, I went over the midterm questions and dissected each question I knew I was having trouble with. This helped me narrow down the topics I struggled with the most.
My goal for this course was to maintain a steady rate of studying. I want to maintain a positive trend throughout my SafMeds trials. I plan to do this by incorporating a trials-to-criterion measurement to maintain a goal and aim towards it every week. This will allow me to keep track of terms I am understanding and terms I am not. I also hope to gain as much new knowledge as I can through discussions and Collaborate Ultra sessions. These sessions allow me to prepare for the BCBA exam and take notes on the information I am having trouble with.
Week 1:
This week I began the new deck one. My last recorded trial run I obtained 6 correct and 0 incorrect. I studied the new deck as much as I could, considering the holidays. My data trend went up a little. I took three days out of the week to study the deck. However, I know I could have spent more days on the deck going through the new terms because this deck seemed to have more cards.
One intervention method that seemed to help me is by dividing the cards into 14 or 15 card piles. That way the deck doesn’t look overwhelming by the quantity. I can practice running 30 second timers on each sub deck I do and go through all the terms better. I plan to continue doing this for deck one and the remining decks we are going to practice.
Week 2:
My last trial I ran this week I obtained 9 correct and 1 incorrect. This week was definatley challenging on my study time. A client of mine tested positive for COVID so in the middle of the week I was notified of this and had to cancel sessions and get tested myself. I was able to fit in some time for my deck throughout the week and create a slight upward trend in my data due to having less work and some time for studying.
Although I was stressing, quarantining, and trying to maintain some sanity in my room, I still tried to get some study time in. I felt it was much harder to study the deck due to my stress even though I had more time on my hands. Luckily I foundout friday that I tested negative and that took a huge weight off my shoulders. I'm hoping this week will be a lot easier to focus on my deck.
Week 3:
For deck 2, I continued to practice the deck in two different decks. This made my practicing easier and seemed less overwhelming. I was able to get through more of the cards when timing myself and I felt I was able to get through more of the terms because I split them up. For this deck, I am changing the condition to separate the deck in the way I practice them. I created a deck 2A, 2B and each deck contains 17 cards. I will continue to try this out to see if this will help my deck studying.
For this week I practiced deck 2A. My first trial I recorded 8 correct and 1 wrong. Then I started to stumble on the cards and stayed around the same number until today, my last recorded trial was 10 correct and 0 wrong. Eve though I studied this deck more than the previous one, I didn’t track my neutral(mastered) deck. I wanted to focus on the new deck since we will be recording ourself for week 4. As for deck 2A, my trend line went up., which I'm happy about. I will see how my data looks when I add in deck 2B next week.
Week 4:
My last trial ran, I obtained 12 correct and 0 incorrect. My intervention method I implemented a few weeks ago seems to be working. I created subdecks that split deck 2 into two decks. This allows me more time to focus on 17 cards instead of 34 at one time. I believe it to be working because my data trend line is going up. Both deck 2A and 2B were ascending during my trial recording.
In my video for this week (week 4) you can hear all of the distractions in the background. I think if my environment was a lot quieter and less distracting, it would have helped me increase my total amount of cards correct. However, this was unavoidable. I think next time I run my trials, I can choose a time when less people are home. I believe this will help my focus.
Week 5:
For my last trial ran this week, I received 12 correct, 0 wrong, and 12 neutral. It was a lot easier to go over the SafMeds this week because of the break we had over the holidays. It was a nice chance to enjoy time with family and focus on the time around them. I was less stressed out with work and trying to get things done. It felt like a refresher going back to deck two after taking a break from them.
I continued to study my deck in two halves because this method works best for me. It has continued to increase the amount of cards I receive correct. My trend has continued to go up instead of going down. This is how I know studying the decks in half has helped me.
Week 6:
For my last trial ran this week, I obtained 11 correct and 0 incorrect for Deck three. Due to the deck only being a 16 card pile, I didnt need to seperate the pile into two decks like I did for the previous one. The terms in this deck were also a lot easier to remember than the previous pile. For my first time running deck three, I obtained 7 correct and thats better than what i did when I began deck two. I think the terms were easier to remember because they were easier to understand.
I wasn't aware that we had to be tracking five times a week. After recieving the email, I was able to dedicate around 10 minutes a day to the safmeds. It wasn't much but It was enough to track the amount needed for practice and to increase my trial increase. I'm very close to hitting my goal of 15 correct on this deck. I think with more practice this week, It will happen.
Week 7:
This week I am super happy that I was able to accomplish getting all 16 cards correct on my trials and 0 incorrect. I was able to practice the deck at least 10 minutes by looking over them and tracking a trial five times a week. This was helpful. But I still felt this deck was much easier to accomplish getting the number of trials to increase because the information was much easier for me to grasp. This is the first deck I mastered the most correct trials, including previous course SafMeds deck.
By getting more cards correct this week, It has motivated me for future decks. I was also able to purchase an organizer to separate all my decks and put them in their own respective places for future uses. This helps me organize the information and retrieve them when I need them. I also followed the Instagram page that the professor recommended "rogueaba" when I was listening to the recording last week for collaborate Ultra. I also followed more pages relating to ABA and it made me happy to see other people dedicated to the field and offering study tips for a successful future in ABA.
Week 8:
To prepare for the final, I utilized trials to criterion when practicing deck three. I practiced until I reached at least 14 cards correct and 0 incorrect and tracked the trial. After that, I focused on all three of my safmeds decks. I went over them all and incorporated permanent product recording to measure the number of cards I memorized by putting them into two separate piles. This prepared me for the questions I would encounter on the final exam. I would go over the ones I stumbled on and looked into them deeper as to why I wasn't getting them correct or hesitating on them. This helped me gain a better grasp of the concepts.
In addition, I also went over previous notes that I had taken from watching the recordings of the collaborate ultra sessions. This helped me refresh on the topics we went over. After that, I went over the midterm questions and dissected each question I knew I was having trouble with. This helped me narrow down the topics I struggled with the most.
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