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Bentham, Stephanie N.; Walker, Stephen F.; Vander Pluym, Maria E.; Tejeda, Kristina N. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2019
Behavior analysts typically teach conditional discriminations in a mixed-trial format but may switch to a blocked-trial format for learners displaying limited acquisition. No known research has shown that mixed-trial methods are more effective or efficient than blocked-trial methods for teaching discriminations, so it is not clear why this format…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Auditory Discrimination, Visual Discrimination, Intellectual Disability
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Kodak, Tiffany; Clements, Andrea; Paden, Amber R.; LeBlanc, Brittany; Mintz, Joslyn; Toussaint, Karen A. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2015
The current investigation evaluated repertoires that may be related to performance on auditory-to-visual conditional discrimination training with 9 students who had been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The skills included in the assessment were matching, imitation, scanning, an auditory discrimination, and a visual discrimination. The…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Auditory Discrimination
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Rautenberg, Iris – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
This paper outlines the results of a long-term study of 159 German-speaking primary school children. The correlations between musical skills (perception and differentiation of rhythmical and tonal/melodic patterns) and decoding skills, and the effects of musical training on word-level reading abilities were investigated. Cognitive skills and…
Descriptors: Music Education, Socioeconomic Influences, Cognitive Ability, Experimental Groups
Mottola, Richard Albert – 1970
It was the purpose of this study to determine the effectiveness of developing auditory discrimination skills in kindergarten children through a series of 24 lessons prepared by the investigator and deemed appropriate by kindergarten teachers. The effect of the auditory discrimination lessons on listening habits and attitudes was also examined.…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Childhood Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
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Cohen-Mimran, Ravit; Sapir, Shimon – Dyslexia, 2007
The role of central auditory processing in reading skill development and reading disorders is unclear. The purpose of this study was to examine whether individuals with specific reading disabilities (SRD) have deficits in processing rapidly presented, serially ordered non-speech auditory signals. To this end, we compared 12 children with SRD and…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Test Results, Intervals, Time on Task
Prendergast, Raymond – Elem Sch J, 1969
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Comparative Analysis, Eye Hand Coordination, Perceptual Motor Coordination
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THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE LANGUAGE ENRICHMENT PROGRAM AT THE CHILD CARE CENTER WAS TO PREVENT FUTURE LEARNING DISABILITIES IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT. IT INVOLVED A GROUP OF OVER 41 PRESCHOOL, KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST GRADE CHILDREN. LESSONS IN THE PROGRAM EMPHASIZED AUDITORY AND VISUAL DISCRIMINATION SKILLS. THE ENVIRONMENT WAS ENRICHED THROUGH…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers, Language Enrichment