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Hart, Betty; Risley, Todd R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1974
An investigation of incidental teaching practices on the spontaneous speech of 12 disadvantaged preschool children during free-play periods which demonstrated that such periods can be powerful learning times by capitalizing on moments when children seek new plan materials. (Author/EH)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Incidental Learning, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction

Hart, Betty; Risley, Todd R. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1980
The paper reports an analysis of the general changes in the language, other than that specifically targeted by the incidental teaching procedures, used by 31 disadvantaged preschool children. (Author)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Exceptional Child Research, Incidental Learning, Intervention