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Hester, Bob F.; And Others – Southern Journal of Educational Research, 1976
An institutionalized, retarded, adult male's response to verbal commands was increased through the use of positive control of a discriminative stimulus. Operant conditioning was noted as a possible means of enabling retarded individuals to acquire behaviors fundamental to a self-help repetoire. (Editor)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Educational Research, Mental Retardation, Positive Reinforcement
Peer reviewedRydberg, Sven – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Attention Span, Beginning Reading, Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes
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
