Acquisition, Maintenance, and Generalization of a Categorization Strategy by Children with Autism.

Bock, Marjorie A.

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ERIC Number: EJ481513

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Acquisition, Maintenance, and Generalization of a Categorization Strategy by Children with Autism.

Bock, Marjorie A.

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, v24 n1 p39-51 Feb 1994

This study found that categorization strategy training resulted in increased performance on unidimensional, bidimensional, and tridimensional sorting tasks by 4 males (ages 12-16) with autism. Three subjects also showed improvements on generalization probes and maintenance of performance. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Autism, Classification, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Strategies, Maintenance, Males, Skill Development, Task Analysis, Training Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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