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Groskreutz, Mark P.; Graff, Richard B. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2009
Three formats for assessing preferences were examined, tangible, pictorial with access, and pictorial without access. Reinforcer assessments were conducted to verify reinforcer effects. Phase 1 examined the assessment formats in alternating blocks of trials. Phase 2 examined results of the entire pictorial without access condition administered…
Descriptors: Positive Reinforcement, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Modification, Evaluation Methods
Robertson, William L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Presenting college students, in a wide variety of content areas, with frequent announced and unannounced quizzes appears to correlate positively with enhanced test performance. The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine if similar results can be achieved with high school students in a standard economics class. Based on a theoretical…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Operant Conditioning, Tests, Program Effectiveness
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Erbas, Dilek; Ozen, Arzu; Acar, Cimen – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2004
The purpose of the present study was to extend previous research on reinforcer assessment by comparing effectiveness of stimuli identified by two preference procedures on teaching figure coloring to three children with disabilities in Turkey; and to find out what special education teachers think about social validation of the two preference…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Down Syndrome, Stimuli, Special Education