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Peer reviewedWacker, David P.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1988
Five young adults and three junior high students, with moderate mental retardation, were trained first to label characters verbally and then to enter the characters into computers, calculators, or checkbooks. Almost all subjects were able to generalize the use of verbal labels and key-entry skills across tasks and settings. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Autoinstructional Aids, Generalization, Junior High Schools
