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A Model for Developing Instructional Sequences Teaching Multiple Discriminations.
Baine, David; Sobsey, Dick – Canadian Journal for Exceptional Children, 1986
The steps involved in teaching multiple discrimination to disabled students are listed for ecological, performance, functional, and stimulus analyses. Additional considerations, including stimulus modification and design of the instructional sequence (successive or cumulative approaches), are reviewed. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Discrimination Learning, Stimuli, Teaching Methods
Some Considerations and Tactics for Improving Discrimination Learning.
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Westling, David L.; Koorland, Mark A. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1979
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Records (Forms)
Using Stimulus Equivalence Procedures to Teach Relationships between English and Spanish Words.
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Joyce, Bonnie G.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1993
A stimulus equivalence procedure for the acquisition of English and Spanish words was evaluated with two adolescents having head injuries. Following training on one task, subjects attained and maintained high scores on all matching-to-sample tasks. Results suggest the procedure is effective for teaching foreign language skills to head-injured…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Head Injuries, Instructional Effectiveness, Maintenance
Time-Delay Discrimination Training: Replication with Different Stimuli and Different Populations.
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Smeets, Paul M.; And Others – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1990
Two time-delay conditions for teaching complex visual discriminations to 14 normal preschoolers, 12 with mild mental retardation, and 11 with moderate mental retardation were compared. Results indicated that for all populations and stimuli, time delay of multiple dynamic distinctive-feature prompts produced learning, while time delay of the single…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cues, Discrimination Learning, 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