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McIlvane, William J.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
The problem of teaching relational discriminations to people with mental retardation is examined. The limitations of several commonly used teaching procedures are discussed and alternative approaches to simple-discrimination learning are described. Results of two preliminary single-subject studies demonstrating the feasibility of these approaches…
Descriptors: Classification, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMcIlvane, W. J.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1992
Two experiments with a total of 17 adolescents or adults with severe mental retardation evaluated the potential of exclusion procedures (selection of an undefined object in comparison with a defined object) as a means of training basic naming skills. Reliable exclusion and naming performance were demonstrated in nearly all subjects. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning
