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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Comparing Teacher-Directed and Computer-Assisted Constant Time Delay for Teaching Functional Sight Words to Students with Moderate Intellectual Disability
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Coleman, Mari Beth; Hurley, Kevin J.; Cihak, David F. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness and efficiency of teacher-directed and computer-assisted constant time delay strategies for teaching three students with moderate intellectual disability to read functional sight words. Target words were those found in recipes and were taught via teacher-delivered constant time delay or…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Computers, Sight Vocabulary, Mental Retardation
Effects of Computer and Classroom Simulations to Teach Students with Various Exceptionalities to Locate Apparel Sizes
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Bramlett, Virginia; Ayres, Kevin M.; Douglas, Karen H.; Cihak, David F. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
This study evaluated the effects of simulation training to teach functional community skills to four students with developmental disabilities in middle school. A multiple probe across participants and multiple probe across behaviors allowed for an evaluation of a functional relation between simulation and skill acquisition. Students learned how to…
Descriptors: Simulation, Developmental Disabilities, Middle School Students, Numbers
Effects of the "TOUCHMATH" Program Compared to a Number Line Strategy to Teach Addition Facts to Middle School Students with Moderate Intellectual Disabilities
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Fletcher, Dale; Boon, Richard T.; Cihak, David F. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
The purpose of this study was to systematically replicate and extend previous studies of the TOUCHMATH program, a multi-sensory mathematics program (Bullock, Pierce, & McClellan, 1989). Three middle school students with moderate and multiple disabilities (e.g., autism and moderate intellectual disabilities) participated. Students were taught how…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Moderate Mental Retardation, Mathematics Instruction, Multiple Disabilities
Use of Self-Modeling Static-Picture Prompts via a Handheld Computer to Facilitate Self-Monitoring in the General Education Classroom
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Cihak, David F.; Wright, Rachel; Ayres, Kevin M. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This study was designed to evaluate the effects of a combined self-monitoring and static self-model prompts procedure on the academic engagement of three students with autism served in general education classrooms. The percentage of intervals engaged academically and the number of teacher prompts was analyzed in the context of a multiple probe…
Descriptors: Intervals, General Education, Autism, Prompting