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Presenting Chained and Discrete Tasks as Non-Targeted Information when Teaching Discrete Academic Skills through Small Group Instruction
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Falkenstine, Karen Jones; Collins, Belva C.; Schuster, John W.; Kleinert, Harold – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2009
Special education teachers often search for effective strategies to teach a variety of skills to students with moderate to severe disabilities through small group instruction. The investigators examined the acquisition of academic skills as well as chained and discrete tasks presented as nontargeted information by a small group of students with…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Small Group Instruction, Observational Learning, Special Education Teachers
Using Picture Activity Schedule Books to Increase On-Schedule and On-Task Behaviors
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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
Using Simultaneous Prompting for Teaching Various Discrete Tasks to Students with Mental Retardation
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Birkan, Bunyamin – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2005
Effectiveness of a simultaneous prompting procedure was evaluated for students with mental retardation at different levels of schools (preschool, primary and secondary grades) using various discrete tasks. Participants included three students whose functioning levels ranged from typically developing to mild and moderate mental disabilities.…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Prompting, Cues, Instructional Effectiveness
Comparison of Three Video-Based Instructional Procedures for Teaching Daily Living Skills to Persons with Developmental Disabilities
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Van Laarhoven, Toni; Van Laarhoven-Myers, Traci – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2006
This study compared the effectiveness of three different video-based instructional sequences, all used in conjunction with the system of least prompts, for teaching three different daily living skills to three young adults with developmental disabilities. The video-based instructional sequences (i.e., video rehearsal, video rehearsal plus photos,…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Comparative Analysis, Pretests Posttests, Daily Living Skills