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ERIC Number: EJ227967
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Apr
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1237
Teaching a High-Avoidance Motor Task to a Retarded Child through Participant Modeling.
Feltz, Deborah L.
Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, v15 n2 p152-55 Apr 1980
The study investigated the effectiveness of participant modeling as a technique for teaching an educable mentally retarded 12-year-old a task that was considered high in avoidance (a modified forward dive). Participant modeling with self-directed performance at each step was successful in teaching the student a high avoidance diving task. (SBH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Mild Mental Retardation, Modeling (Psychology), Psychomotor Skills, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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