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Doyle, Patrick J.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1987
The effect of syntax training on the sentence production of four adults with Broca's aphasia was examined. Generalization and maintenance were measured, and naive judges rated "adequacy" of responses. Findings indicated that effects are limited to the grammatical constructions taught, and that effects on response adequacy may be limited.…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness
Steere, Daniel E. – Innovations: American Association on Mental Retardation, Research to Practice Series, 1997
This booklet discusses the importance to adolescents and adults with mental retardation of learning how to respond correctly to the many variations in home, work, and community activities in order to be successful in integrated settings. The difficulties individuals with mental retardation have in generalizing skills learned in one situation to a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adults, Case Studies
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Spriggs, Amy D.; Gast, David L.; Ayres, Kevin M. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using picture activity schedule books to increase on-schedule and on-task behaviors of children with moderate intellectual disabilities. Four students enrolled in a self-contained classroom participated in the study. Graduated guidance, system of least prompts, and verbal prompting…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Intervals, Stimulus Generalization, Self Contained Classrooms
Werts, Margaret Gessler; And Others – 1991
Three studies of five seventh-grade students (ages 12-14) with emotional disturbances were conducted to determine whether a stimulus class would emerge as a result of one conditional discrimination training using direct instruction (implemented with a constant time delay) augmented with instructive feedback. The students were taught to identify…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Efficiency, Emotional Disturbances, Feedback
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Graham, Robert B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1998
Describes a computer tutorial that teaches the fundamentals of stimulus generalization in operant learning. Concepts covered include reinforcement, discrimination learning, stimulus continua, generalization, generalization gradients, and peak shift. The tutorial also reviews applications in human and animal situations. The content is appropriate…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Psychology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education