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Zeaman, David; House, Betty J. – 1961
To test the theory that retardates are particularly slow in forming some visual habits, especially attention, a series of experiments were performed using a laboratory device which forced subjects to discriminate between color and form in exchange for an incentive reward. Stochastic models were applied to tests of lower level retardates which…
Descriptors: Attention, Discrimination Learning, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Download full textGlass, Gerald G.; Cohn, Marvin L. – 1970
The gain in word analysis for elementary school students tutored in a perceptual-conditioning approach was reported. Subjects were 98 first graders, 41 fourth graders, and 16 fifth graders. The approach instructionally separated the teaching of decoding from the teaching of comprehension; only single whole words were used and always out of…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Elementary Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Pattern Recognition
