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Aptitude by Treatment Interactions in Computer-Assisted Word Learning by Mentally Retarded Students.
Conners, Frances A. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
The investigation of interactions between the abilities of stimulus discrimination and simple learning and two instructional variables (discrimination difficulty and degree of overlearning) with 27 mentally retarded adolescents found an interaction between stimulus discrimination and the number of words presented at one time for learning…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Computer Assisted Instruction, Difficulty Level, Discrimination Learning
Peer reviewedDoyle, Patricia Munson; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1989
The study compared the effectiveness and efficiency of concurrent and isolation-intermix instruction in teaching four preschool children to read common words in their environment. Concurrent instruction resulted in students learning conditional discriminations in fewer trials and minutes of instructional time suggesting the value of teaching…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Discrimination Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedYoung-Loveridge, Jennifer M. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Examines the role of experience in the use of orthographic structure by good and poor sixth-grade readers. Results showed that poor sixth-grade readers used orthographic structure to speed their matching judgments just as effectively as good sixth-grade readers. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Grade 4
