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Osborne, Kurt; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
The study investigated the effectiveness of using visual cues to highlight the seams of baseballs, to improve the hitting of curveballs by five undergraduate varsity baseball team candidates. Results indicated that subjects hit a greater percentage of marked than unmarked balls. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Athletic Equipment, Athletics, Baseball, College Students
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Foxx, R. M.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1988
Three mentally handicapped students (aged 13, 36, and 40) with maladaptive speech received training to answer questions with verbal labels. The results of their cues-pause-point training showed that the students replaced their maladaptive speech with correct labels (answers) to questions in the training setting and three generalization settings.…
Descriptors: Adults, Cues, Echolalia, Generalization
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Repp, Alan C.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1990
The study compared the task demonstration model and the standard prompting hierarchy in training 8 persons (ages 16-21) with moderate or severe mental retardation on a discrimination task. The task demonstration model was found to be superior during both training and generalization phases. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cues, Demonstrations (Educational), Discrimination Learning