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Baumgart, Diane; VanWalleghem, John – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1987
The study compared computer assisted instruction with a speech synthesizer and teacher instruction to teach grocery sight words to three moderately retarded adults in an alternating treatments design. Two of the subjects learned equally well with either method while one learned only in the teacher-taught situation. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Computer Assisted Instruction, Functional Reading, Instructional Effectiveness
Farmer, Jacqueline A.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1991
A progressive time delay procedure used in a small group instructional arrangement was successful in teaching four high school students with severe handicaps to read community-referenced words. Two of the students learned additional words by observing their peers. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Functional Reading, High Schools, Observational Learning
