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Comparing Computer-Based Sight-Word Interventions in Students with Intellectual Disability: Self-Determined versus Fixed Response Intervals
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Cazzell, Samantha; Skinner, Christopher H.; Taylor, Kala; McCurdy, Merilee; Ciancio, Dennis; Cihak, David; Skinner, Amy; Moore, Tara – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2020
Adapted alternating treatment designs were used to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of two computer-based sight-word-reading interventions among three elementary school students with an intellectual disability. Each intervention provided 30 stimulus--response--stimulus--response learning trials. One intervention included fixed 3-s response…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Sight Method, Sight Vocabulary, Reading Instruction
Disfluent Font Can Hinder Sight-Word Acquisition in Students with Intellectual Disability
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Taylor, Kala L. H.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Cazzell, Samantha S.; Gibbons, Shelby D.; Ryan, Kyle; Ruddy, Jonah L.; Ciancio, Dennis J.; Beeson, Thomas S.; Cihak, David – Remedial and Special Education, 2019
Students with intellectual disability often have difficulty reading commonly used words. Researchers have found altering printed text from fluent, easy-to-read font, to disfluent, difficult-to-read font can enhance comprehension and recall. An adapted alternating treatments design was used to evaluate and compare sight-word acquisition and…
Descriptors: Sight Vocabulary, Intellectual Disability, Layout (Publications), Reading Fluency
Extending Research on a Computer-Based Sight-Word Reading Intervention to a Student with Autism
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Yaw, Jared S.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Parkhurst, John; Taylor, Cora M.; Booher, Joshua; Chambers, Karen – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2011
A multiple-baseline design across tasks (i.e., word lists) was used to evaluate the effects of a computer-based sight-word reading intervention (CBSWRI) on the sight-word reading of a sixth-grade student with Autism. Across 3 lists of primer and first-grade Dolch words, the student showed immediate increases in sight-word reading after the CBSWRI…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Word Lists, Sight Vocabulary
Evaluating a Computer-Based Sight-Word Reading Intervention in a Student with Intellectual Disabilities
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Yaw, Jared; Skinner, Christopher H.; Orsega, Michael C.; Parkhurst, John; Booher, Joshua; Chambers, Karen – Journal of Applied School Psychology, 2012
The authors used a multiple-baseline-across-behaviors (i.e., word lists) design to evaluate a computer-based flashcard intervention on automatic sight-word reading in a 4th-grade student with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities. Immediately after the intervention was applied to each of three lists of sight words, the student made rapid…
Descriptors: Intervention, Beginning Reading, Sight Vocabulary, Word Lists
Theoretical and Applied Implications of Precisely Measuring Learning Rates
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Skinner, Christopher H. – School Psychology Review, 2008
Nist and Joseph (2008) have confirmed earlier research showing that adding and interspersing a large number of time-consuming learning trials targeting known items (e.g., incremental rehearsal (IR) or interspersal) retards student learning rates. In addition, their current study has confirmed earlier research that adding and interspersing known…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Intervention, Behavior Change, Instructional Materials
The Effects of Intertrial Interval Duration on Sight-Word Learning Rates in Children with Behavioral Disorders.
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Skinner, Christopher H.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1994
An adapted alternating treatments design was used to compare the effects of two interventions using different intertrial intervals on sight-word mastery rates among three elementary students with behavioral disorders and learning deficits. Results found both interventions to be equally effective in increasing sight-word reading accuracy.…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education