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Cole, Peter G.; Pheng, Lee Chee – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1998
Thirty children with partial sight and 30 children with unimpaired sight (all 8- to 12-years old) received either verbal-mediation or visual-mediation training regimes. The verbal mediation training was superior to visual mediation training on a problem-solving task for both children with partial sight and children without visual impairments.…
Descriptors: Children, Instructional Effectiveness, Partial Vision, Problem Solving
Salend, Spencer J.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
The study's results showed that the self-instruction procedure used by four severely retarded adults led to improved vocational skills as indicated by increased work production rates and a concomitant decrease in the number of errors. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Instructional Effectiveness, Job Skills, Self Control
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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
Drash, Philip W.; And Others – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1989
The relative effectiveness of three procedures for increasing vocal response to prompt in 15 preschool children with Down Syndrome was compared. Light-dimming and visual screening, when combined with positive reinforcement, were both found to be significantly more effective than positive reinforcement alone. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Infants, Instructional Effectiveness, Positive Reinforcement
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Thomas, Glyn – Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 2007
In this paper I discuss some of the strengths and weaknesses of two different approaches to teaching motor skills to students in outdoor education and outdoor recreation settings. Using acronyms to describe their stages: DEDICT is a six step, direct instructional model that some outdoor leaders may already be familiar with; and FERAL is my…
Descriptors: Outdoor Leadership, Outdoor Education, Skill Development, Direct Instruction
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Lalli, Joseph S.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1993
A behavioral consultation approach was effectively used to reduce problem behaviors in 2 field studies with 3 students (ages 10-14) having severe or profound mental retardation and their teachers. Intervention involved extinction of inappropriate behaviors, reinforcement of appropriate play behaviors, and teaching verbal skills functionally…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Consultation Programs, Extinction (Psychology)
Rusch, Frank R.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1987
Verbal sequence training was used to teach a moderately mentally retarded woman to sequence job-related tasks. Learning to say the tasks in the proper sequence resulted in the employee performing her tasks in that sequence, and the employee was capable of mediating her own work behavior when scheduled changes occurred. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Learning Processes, Mediation Theory
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Hughes, Carolyn; Rusch, Frank R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1989
Two individuals with severe mental retardation, participants in a supported employment program, were taught to use self-instruction in combination with multiple exemplar training to solve work-related problems. Use of the combined strategy resulted in generalization of self-instruction statements and correct responses to untrained problem…
Descriptors: Adults, Generalization, Job Skills, Learning Strategies
Hughes, Carolyn – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1992
This study demonstrated that four adults with severe mental retardation could learn to use self-instruction in combination with multiple exemplars, could acquire the problem-solving strategy (responding to multiple exemplars and self-instructing) during training and generalize to untrained problem situations, and could exhibit response maintenance…
Descriptors: Adults, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Maintenance
Gibbons, Andrew S.; And Others – Educational Technology, 1993
Discusses the development of computer-managed instruction (CMI) and possible changes for the future. Topics addressed include the management function; the current tutorial method that focuses on verbal learning; a closer relationship to performance and practice; resolving conflicting goals in computer-based training; and the psychology of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Futures (of Society)
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Keogh, Deborah; And Others – Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 1983
A study showed that mentally retarded children can be taught rather easily to verbalize instructions, suggesting that past difficulty in such training was due more to inadequate procedures than to inherent difficulties related to children's ability to self-instruct. Correspondence between the children's verbal and nonverbal behavior was also…
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Children
Moore, Stephen C.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1989
The investigation assessed effects of a self-management training program on the production rates of four severely mentally retarded workers. The program comprised self-instructions, goal setting, and self-reinforcement. Results indicated that the program substantially improved the production rates for all workers for up to three months. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Job Skills, Job Training, Mediation Theory
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Lane, G. M. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
Comparison of two strategies--manual guidance only and manual guidance plus verbal prompts--with 6 students (ages 9 to 19) whose multiple disabilities included total blindness and severe mental retardation found that prompting methods that require shifting verbal information to the performance of a manual task may interfere with the learning of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Children, Cues
Pressley, Michael – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
In response to Whitman, "Self-Regulation and Mental Retardation" (EC 222 812), the author raises four points: use of alternatives to language based interventions, questionable effectiveness of verbal self-instruction with the retarded, questionable practicality of gradual withdrawal of teacher prompting, and need for immediate testing of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Generalization, Language Skills, Mediation Theory
Whitman, Thomas L. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1990
The author answers responses (EC 222 813-814) to his paper, "Self-Regulation and Mental Retardation" (EC 222 812). Research is encouraged into questions concerning the extent complex and independent adaptive behaviors can be taught to the retarded and the comparative effectiveness of verbal mediators or alternative approaches in…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Psychology, Definitions, Generalization
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