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The Learning of Difficult Visual Discriminations by the Moderately and Severely Retarded
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Gold, Marc W.; Barclay, Craig R. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
A procedure to effectively and efficiently train moderately and severely retarded individuals to make fine visual discriminations is described. Results suggest that expectancies for such individuals are in need of examination. Implications for sheltered workshops, work activity centers and classrooms are discussed. [This article appeared…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Performance Factors
Effects of Training to Use Feedback and Responsiveness to Information on Preschool Children's Discrimination Learning.
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Litow, Leon; Levine, Stephen M. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1978
The study investigated the effect of information responsiveness in relation to training in feedback utilization on discrimination learning among 77 preschool children (ages four and five years). (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education, Feedback, Performance Factors
Effects of Letter-Reversals Training on the Discrimination Performance of EMR Children
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Evans, Ross A.; Bilsky, Linda Hickson – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1975
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Effects of Correction and Non-Correction Training Procedures on "Easy" and "Hard" Discrimination Learning in Children
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Doan, Helen McK. – Psychological Reports, 1970
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Error Patterns, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Influence of Comparison Training on Children's Referential Communication.
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Asher, Steven R.; Wigfield, Allan – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
Two training experiments were conducted to assess whether teaching grade 3 and 4 children to engage in comparison activity improves their referential communication performance (identifying a particular referent for a listerner) and message appraisal and production. Results demonstrated that comparison training improved childrens' referential…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4
The Learning of Difficult Visual Discriminations by the Moderately and Severely Retarded
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Barclay, Craig R.; Gold, Marc W. – Mental Retardation, 1973
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Attentional Functioning and Relational Learning.
Soraci, S. A., Jr.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
Children with mental retardation are particularly prone to failure on relational tasks such as oddity and match-to-sample, suggesting a differential sensitivity to relational information. This paper reports on several studies in which characteristics of stimulus arrays were enhanced. Results demonstrated the theoretical and practical significance…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning
TRAINING IN INDUSTRY.
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GLASER, ROBERT – 1966
THIS CHAPTER IN A LARGER WORK ON INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY DEALS LARGELY WITH THE NEED TO SPECIFY TRAINING OBJECTIVES THROUGH JOB ANALYSIS, USES OF TESTING IN TRAINEE SELECTION, TRAINING VARIABLES AND LEARNING PROCESSES, TRAINING TECHNOLOGY (MAINLY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION), THE EVALUATION OF PROFICIENCY, THE VALUE OF…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Educational Media, Evaluation Methods, Industrial Training