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Frank-Crawford, Michelle A.; Borrero, John C.; Nguyen, Linda; Leon-Enriquez, Yanerys; Carreau-Webster, Abbey B.; DeLeon, Iser G. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
The delivery of food contingent on 10 s of consecutive toy engagement resulted in a decrease in engagement and a corresponding increase in other responses that had been previously reinforced with food. Similar effects were not observed when tokens exchangeable for the same food were delivered, suggesting that engagement was disrupted by the…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Probability, Food, Toys
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Tiger, Jeffrey H.; Bouxsein, Kelly J.; Fisher, Wayne W. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
Fjellstedt and Sulzer-Azaroff (1973) used differential reinforcement of short latencies to decrease a child's latency to comply with instructions. We replicated this contingency with a young man diagnosed with Asperger syndrome across two tasks (question answering and math problem solving). We added a differential reinforcement contingency to…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Reinforcement, Problem Solving, Reaction Time
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Cooper, J. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2006
This paper examines the evidence for the digital divide based on gender. An overview of research published in the last 20 years draws to the conclusion that females are at a disadvantage relative to men when learning about computers or learning other material with the aid of computer-assisted software. The evidence shows that the digital divide…
Descriptors: Males, Females, Gender Bias, Computer Literacy