Publication Date
| In 2026 | 0 |
| Since 2025 | 1 |
| Since 2022 (last 5 years) | 8 |
| Since 2017 (last 10 years) | 14 |
| Since 2007 (last 20 years) | 26 |
Descriptor
| Discrimination Learning | 208 |
| Learning Processes | 208 |
| Cognitive Processes | 32 |
| Concept Formation | 32 |
| Responses | 31 |
| Learning Theories | 28 |
| Mental Retardation | 27 |
| Reinforcement | 21 |
| Cues | 20 |
| Stimuli | 20 |
| Visual Stimuli | 20 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| Baldwin, Thelma L. | 2 |
| Caldwell, Edward C. | 2 |
| Edmonds, Ed M. | 2 |
| Etaugh, Claire F. | 2 |
| Farley, Frank H. | 2 |
| Gardner, William I. | 2 |
| Guthrie, John T. | 2 |
| Hagen, John W. | 2 |
| Hall, Vernon C. | 2 |
| Hermans, Dirk | 2 |
| Hunt, Dennis | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
Education Level
| Higher Education | 9 |
| Postsecondary Education | 6 |
| Adult Education | 2 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Practitioners | 4 |
| Researchers | 1 |
Location
| Australia | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 |
| Israel (Haifa) | 1 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Massachusetts | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
| Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) | 1 |
| Texas (Austin) | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Frostig Developmental Test of… | 1 |
| Learning Style Profile (NASSP) | 1 |
| Metropolitan Readiness Tests | 1 |
| Peabody Picture Vocabulary… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textFletcher, Harold J.; Garske, John P. – 1968
Ten kindergarten and 46 first grade children were given two-choice object discrimination problems, during which a prompt indicated the positive (rewarded) object, P. Guided by the prompt, all Ss subjects displaced P and therefore observed only its reward value; no direct observation was made of the reward value of the negative (nonrewarded)…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Deduction, Discrimination Learning, Grade 1
Hunt, Dennis; And Others – 1974
Sixty-four 8-year-old children were divided into fast and slow learner groups and trained on a tactile simultaneous discrimination task. Selective attention was measured in terms of percentage contact time per trial to the relevant dimension. Inter- and intracouplings per trial were also recorded. A multivariate analysis was carried out to examine…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedBarnes, T. R.; Zeaman, D. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1983
Results of a study with 10 moderately retarded adolescents on the salience of transverse compound stimuli (combinations of positive and negative cues) were interpreted as an instance of developmental changes in unlearned stimulus salience hierarchies. The low saliency of transverse compounds was suggested to be related to reading difficulties.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cues, Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedGollin, Eugene S.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1974
The solution of relational size problems was facilitated when children were told to find the smallest member of the series. Children who could not do so could not solve the problem. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes, Serial Ordering
Peer reviewedMartin, Andrew S.; Tyrrell, Donald J. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1971
Descriptors: Attention Span, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Processes
Caldwell, Edward C.; Hall, Vernon C. – Develop Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes, Perceptual Development
Kendler, Tracy S.; Kendler, Howard H. – Child Develop, 1970
Studied developmental changes in optional shift discriminations using kindergartners, second graders, sixth graders, and college students. (DR)
Descriptors: Behavior, Child Development, Developmental Tasks, Discrimination Learning
Wood, Gordon – J Exp Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes, Paired Associate Learning, Recall (Psychology)
Eimas, Peter D. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Research supported by Grant HD 03045 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, U.S. Public Health Service.
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Hypothesis Testing, Information Processing, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedCarnine, Douglas W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
Following pretraining on three figures, 44 nonhandicapped preschoolers were assigned to experimental groups to investigate methods of integrating a new, similar symbol into a set of familiar symbols to approximate the difficult disciminations encountered by young children in school. (Author)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Discrimination Learning, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes
Saunders, Richard R.; Sailor, Wayne – AAESPH Review, 1979
Results indicated the level of correct responding was higher under the "specific reinforcement" condition than under either "nonspecific" or "variable reinforcement" conditions, suggesting that a strategy of reinforcement which includes cue values of the discriminative stimulus may strengthen the learning process. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Cues, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Processes
Direct linkWhite, Norman M.; Gaskin, Stephane – Learning & Memory, 2006
Learning to discriminate between spatial locations defined by two adjacent arms of a radial maze in the conditioned cue preference paradigm requires two kinds of information: latent spatial learning when the rats explore the maze with no food available, and learning about food availability in two spatial locations when the rats are then confined…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Memory, Discrimination Learning, Spatial Ability
Sindelar, Paul T.; Rosenberg, Michael S. – 1982
The need for continuous instruction of five severely or profoundly impaired (SPI) students (12-18 years old) was examined in light of recent court decisions regarding extended year schooling. SPI Ss and a control group of normal IQ Ss were taught new discriminations. After a 3-month break, the discriminations were taught with procedures, methods,…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Year, Learning Processes
Gold, Marc – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1974
Described is the learning theory of Marc Gold as it has been applied to increasing the learning efficiency of 64 mentally handicapped adolescents. (DB)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedGreenfield, Daryl; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
Twelve moderately retarded children were trained on 2-choice visual discrimination problems with interpolation of another item between training and retention tests. Results indicated that well-learned items are rehearsed less. (SBT)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Learning Processes, Memory
