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Ross, Dorothea – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1970
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Exceptional Child Research, Learning Processes, Mental Retardation
Saunders, Richard R.; Sailor, Wayne – AAESPH Review, 1979
Results indicated the level of correct responding was higher under the "specific reinforcement" condition than under either "nonspecific" or "variable reinforcement" conditions, suggesting that a strategy of reinforcement which includes cue values of the discriminative stimulus may strengthen the learning process. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Cues, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Processes
PDF pending restorationBrinker, Richard P.; Lewis, Michael – 1981
Patterns of learning by five infants with Down's syndrome (3.5 to 12.5 months old) were studied. The children were visited at home 2 to 3 times per week for periods ranging from 1 to 8 months. Two of the children were reinforced for pulling a string attached around their wrist. Consequences included tape recordings of music or their mother's…
Descriptors: Contingency Management, Down Syndrome, Exceptional Child Research, Infants
Peer reviewedGayton, William F.; Bassett, John E. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1972
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Learning Processes, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedHaines, Deborah J.: Torgessen, Joseph K. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
The study investigated the effects of incentives for good performance on the selection and use of an efficient task strategy by 30 reading disabled and 30 normally reading second graders. (SBH)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes, Memory
Peer reviewedPiper, Terrence J. – Exceptional Children, 1971
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Intermediate Grades, Learning Processes, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedWoods, Thomas S. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1978
Two autistic boys, ages 6 and 10 years, whose imitative responding was functionally inaccurate and whose performance generalized poorly, were trained to imitate accurately using a reinforcement-extinction strategy. (DLS)
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Children, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedBendell, Debra – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
Results showed that the adolescents with internal locus of control performed significantly better in the low structure reinforcement condition, while the adolescents with external locus of control performed significantly better in the high structure reinforcement condition. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Exceptional Child Research, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
Kratochwill, Thomas R.; Severson, Roger A. – 1974
Discussed in a paper which was presented at the 1974 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association are diagnostic procedures for instructional planning to be used with learning disabled elementary school children handicapped in the area of mathematics. Traditional diagnostic approaches such as intelligence tests are criticized.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Conceptual Schemes, Diagnostic Teaching, Dyscalculia
Marr, John N.; And Others – 1976
This study investigates the following hypothesis: If the teacher instructs the aide to reinforce good behavior in children, and reinforces the aide for carrying out her instructions, the children' s appropriate behavior will increase. Subjects were seven teacher-aide teams and seven pairs of retarded children (5-20 years of age). For each child,…
Descriptors: Behavior Chaining, Classroom Environment, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children
Download full textCANDLAND, DOUGLAS K.; MANNING, SIDNEY ALPERN – 1967
FIVE EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO ISOLATE SPECIFIC LEARNING PATTERNS IN CHILDREN OF VARYING DEGREES OF MENTAL RETARDATION AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE PHYLOGENETIC DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE. FACTORS STUDIED WERE THOSE KNOWN TO INFLUENCE LEARNING IN NORMAL CHILDREN AND ADULTS--KIND OF REINFORCEMENT (VERBAL OR…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Research, Females
