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Peer reviewedGoldstein, Howard; Mousetis, Lori – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1989
The effects of expressive modeling experiences on the observational learning of generative language by children with severe mental retardation was investigated. All six children (aged six-nine) demonstrated observational learning of responses modeled by their peers. Organizing the modeling experiences according to matrix-training principles…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Generalization, Language Acquisition, Matrices
Peer reviewedFoxx, R. M.; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1988
Three mentally handicapped students (aged 13, 36, and 40) with maladaptive speech received training to answer questions with verbal labels. The results of their cues-pause-point training showed that the students replaced their maladaptive speech with correct labels (answers) to questions in the training setting and three generalization settings.…
Descriptors: Adults, Cues, Echolalia, Generalization
Peer reviewedRice, Mabel L.; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1990
Twenty language-delayed children (age three to six) viewed a presentation incorporating object, action, attribute, and affective state words into a narrative script. In pre- and postviewing word comprehension measurements, subjects scored lower than children matched for chronological age and children matched for mean length of utterance.…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Handicaps, Preschool Education, Verbal Development
