Discontinuous Measurement Proceduresย involve recording samples of the targetย behaviorย during an observation period, rather than capturing every instance ofย behavior. These methods provide an estimate of how often or when aย behaviorย occurs, but they do not measure every occurrence. Discontinuous measurement is often used whenย continuous measurementย is impractical or unnecessary.
Example
A teacher usesย partial interval recordingPartial Interval Recordingย is a data collection method used... Moreย to measure a studentโs on-taskย behaviorย during a 30-minute lesson. The teacher breaks the lesson into 5-minute intervals and checks at the end of each interval whether the student was on task at any point during the interval. If the student was on task at any time, the teacher records it. This method gives the teacher a general estimate of the studentโs engagement without having to observe continuously.