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Free-Operant Field Experiences: Differentially Reinforcing Successive Approximations to Behavior Analysis through a ShaperSpace
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Mason, Lee L.; Andrews, Alonzo; Rivera, Christopher J.; Davis, Don – Global Education Review, 2016
Over the past few years an increasing number of schools and community organizations have developed transformative learning spaces referred to as "MakerSpaces" for research and training purposes. MakerSpaces are organizations in which members sharing similar interests in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) gather to work on…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Student Needs, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
An Evaluation of the Effect of Various Reinforcers Used as Motivators in Swimming
Rushall, Brent S.; Pettinger, John – Res Quart AAHPER, 1969
This research was supported by Research Grant No. 30-200-50, Indiana University Foundation, Indiana University.
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Motivation, Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement
Effects of Locus of Control, Instructions, and Verbal Conditioning on Self-referenced Affect in a Counseling Interview.
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Highlen, Pamela S.; Nicholas, Robin P. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1978
Examined relationships among locus of control, specificity of instruction, and verbal conditionalibity on self-referenced affect in a counseling analogue interview. Results indicated that specific instructions combined with verbal conditioning procedures produced the greatest increase in self-referenced affect for both internal and external…
Descriptors: College Students, Counseling, Females, Instruction
Field Trials of a New Procedure for Toilet Training
Van Wagenen, R. Keith; and others – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Research supported in part by OE Project 5-0415.
Descriptors: Conditioning, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children, Infant Behavior
Teaching Tricycle Riding
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Peterson, Rolf A.; McIntosh, Eranell I. – Mental Retardation, 1973
A pedaling training program was devised for eight children (3-to 8-years-old) of varying degrees of retardation. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Operant Conditioning
Conditioning of Activity Level in a Classroom with Institutional Retarted Boys
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Edelson, Richard I.; Sprague, Robert L. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1974
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Exceptional Child Research, Hyperactivity
The Use of Operant Techniques in Teaching Severely Retarded Clients Work Habits
And Others; Katz, Shlomo – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1977
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Contingency Management, Job Simplification
The "Mini-Meal"--A Method for Teaching Eating Skills to the Profoundly Retarded
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Azrin, N. H.; Armstrong, P. M. – Mental Retardation, 1973
Reported was an experimental training program to teach eating skills to 11 profoundly retarded (average IQ 15) institutionalized adults by means of reinforcement principles applied to three 15 minute mini-meals daily. (DB)
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Disabilities, Eating Habits, Exceptional Child Research
An Analysis of Behavior During the Acquisition and Maintenance Phases of Self-Spoon Feeding Skills of Profound Retardates
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Song, A. Y.; Gandhi, R. – Mental Retardation, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Eating Habits, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
A Technique for Programming Sheltered Workshop Environments for Training Severely Retarded Workers
Crosson, James E. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Job Training, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Improvement of Handwriting and Letter Recognition Skills: A Behavior Modification Procedure
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Fauke, Joyce; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1973
Descriptors: Alphabets, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Elementary School Students
Promoting Behavior Change Using Operant Techniques in an Outpatient Clinic.
Rae, William A. – 1979
The process of promoting behavior change in children described as being immature or antisocial with conduct or behavioral disorders can be enhanced by training their parents in operant techniques in an outpatient clinic setting. Most parents can respond to training because a theoretical understanding of operant techniques is not a prerequisite for…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Operant Conditioning, Parent Child Relationship
Operant Audiometry Manual for Difficult-to-Test Children. Institute on Mental Retardation and Intellectual Development; Papers and Reports, Volume V, Number 19.
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Bricker, Diane D.; And Others – 1968
To facilitate the use of operant audiometry with low functioning children (psychotic, severely retarded, or multiply handicapped), a procedures manual was developed containing definitions of terms, instructions for determining reinforcers, physical facilities and equipment needs, diagrams, component lists, and technical descriptions. Development…
Descriptors: Audiometric Tests, Auditory Evaluation, Behavior, Clinical Diagnosis
Treatment and Education of Autistic Children; Combined Application of Clinical and Laboratory Methods. Final Report.
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Ferster, C. B. – 1968
The report describes a 3-year project which utilized the techniques of experimental psychology and the principles of operant conditioning to gain in the understanding and treatment of autistic and schizophrenic children. Included are discussions of the autistic child, the project itself, arbitrary and natural reinforcement, the setting and…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis