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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Johnson, Jesse W.; Repp, Alan C.; Karsh, Kathryn G.; Lenz, Mark – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2003
Two studies compared the effectiveness of two procedures (multiple examples across trials and within trials) in teaching 10 students (ages 10-20) with moderate disabilities functional word discriminations. The first procedure was superior in acquisition; the latter procedure, however, was better under generalization for most participants.…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization

Doyle, 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

Browder, Diane M.; Lalli, Joseph S. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1991
This review of 20 years of literature on sight word instruction for individuals with handicaps examines effectiveness data for procedures teaching word recognition and comprehension. Covered are "errorless procedures," prompt elimination, stimulus fading, time delay, easy to hard discrimination, and trial and error with feedback. Two tables…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Difficulty Level, Discrimination Learning, Feedback