ERIC Number: EJ1489142
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Oct
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-8855
EISSN: EISSN-1938-3703
Available Date: 2025-07-18
Using Matrix Training to Promote Recombinative Generalization by Children on the Autism Spectrum in China
Gabrielle T. Lee1; Yu Sun2,3; Sheng Xu4,5; Kefan Kang2,3
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, v58 n4 p794-804 2025
We implemented tact matrix training to teach tacts of spatial locations to four children (male, 4-7 years of age) on the autism spectrum in China. The experimental design involved a multiple-probe design across participants with pre- and postinstruction probes on untaught tacts and listener responses. Learning outcomes included taught tacts of object--preposition combinations, generalization of untaught tacts, and derived listener responses to all combinations in the matrix. All four participants acquired taught tacts after matrix training. Untaught tacts and listener responses were demonstrated with direct teaching, indicating the occurrence of recombinative generalization. Two participants maintained these skills with high accuracy for 4 or 8 weeks. The remaining two participants demonstrated high accuracy in untaught tacts and listener responses immediately after instruction; however, accuracy in taught and untaught tacts declined during the 4- or 8-week maintenance probes, whereas listener responses remained stable.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training, Matrices, Spatial Ability, Young Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Generalization, Skill Development, Accuracy, Listening
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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Author Affiliations: 1Faculty of Education, Western University, London, Canada; 2Renai School of Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, China; 3Chongqing Key Laboratory of?Psychological Diagnosis and?Education Technology for?Children with?Special Needs, Chongqing, China; 4Department of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China; 5Ministry of Education-Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

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