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Cue Selection in Verbal Discrimination Learning of Retarded Subjects

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Ashford, Donnell C.; Baumeister, Alfred A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975

Presents a series of these experiments which examined cue function in trigram verbal discrimination learning by retarded subjects. The two variables of chief interest were: (1) trigram meaningfulness, and (2) reinforcement history. (Author/LLK)

Descriptors: Adults, Cues, Discrimination Learning, Handicapped Children

An Investigation of Factors Influencing Learning in the Mentally Retarded, and Their Use in the Design of Instructional Materials; Training Procedures and Automation: Effects on MR Performances. Interim Report.

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Seitz, Sue; Goulding, Peggy – 1968

The effects of prompting and confirmation on automated presentation of materials in discrimination learning were studied. Eight pairs of words or pictures were presented to 48 mentally retarded subjects (mean IQ 63, mean chronological age 163.4 months, mean mental age 103.3 months). Each subject's correct responses advanced the program and, in the…

Descriptors: Automation, Cues, Exceptional Child Research, Learning