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Peer reviewedLambert, Jean-Luc – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1975
Four groups of moderately retarded 7- to 13-year-old children (N =4 in each group) were trained to respond to a triangle with apex up (S+) and not to a triangle with apex down (S-), with and without errors. (Author)
Descriptors: Children, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Download full textClinton, LeRoy – 1970
This study investigated the effects of between-trials variability on the alternation discrimination of retardates. Brightness and size were variable between trials and irrelevant. Initial response outcome and mental age were also independent variables. Neither between-trials variability nor mental age produced a significant main effect, while the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedHarris, Lawrence M.; Tramontana, Joseph – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1973
Descriptors: Children, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedFrisch, Sue Ann; Schumaker, Jean B. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1974
Three retarded children 3- to 11-years-old were trained, using prompting and reinforcement procedures, to respond correctly to three categories of prepositional requests (next to, under, and on top of). (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedLahey, Benjamin B.; McNees, M. Patrick – Journal of Special Education, 1975
Descriptors: Alphabets, Discrimination Learning, Economically Disadvantaged, Exceptional Child Research
PDF pending restorationHINER, GLADYS; VINEY, WAYNE – 1967
TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF OVERTRAINING ON REVERSAL AND NONREVERSAL SHIFTS OF CUES, 96 NORMAL (MEAN AGE = 117 MONTHS, MEAN IQ = 109.8) AND 96 RETARDED CHILDREN (MEAN AGE = 119 MONTHS, MEAN IQ = 70.1) WERE TESTED ON A SIMULTANEOUS 2-CHOICE DISCRIMINATION TASK. SUBJECTS WERE TRAINED ON TWO LEVELS (CRITERION AND OVERTRAINING). FOLLOWING TRAINING ON THE…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Grade 4, Learning
