Emerging Research and Development in Technology-based Self-monitoring

Abstract

An extensive research base supports the positive effects of self-monitoring interventions on a number of student outcomes, both academic and behavioral. While the vast majority of this research base relied on traditional paper-and-pencil forms of self-monitoring, advances in technology have created significant opportunities to develop technology-based self-monitoring (TBSM) systems that may offer a number of benefits in terms of efficiency and data management, storing, and graphing. Technology-based self-management applications have evolved and been studied extensively in health-related fields, but research and development for such applications is only beginning in the field of education. In this chapter we (1) provide a brief overview of the literature on traditional forms of self-monitoring, (2) examine how educators and educational researchers may apply lessons learned about TBSM from the medical field, (3) summarize emerging literature on TBSM for students with or at risk for emotional/behavioral disorders in particular, and (4) offer suggestions for future research and development in TBSM.

Citation

Bruhn, A. and Wills, H.P. (2018), "Emerging Research and Development in Technology-based Self-monitoring", Emerging Research and Issues in Behavioral Disabilities (Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, Vol. 30), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 51-68. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0735-004X20180000030005