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50 Years of ERIC
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Seward, Jannike; Schuster, John W.; Ault, Melinda Jones; Collins, Belva C.; Hall, Meada – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
We compared the effects of simultaneous prompting and constant time delay in teaching two solitaire card games to five high school students with moderate intellectual disability. An adapted alternating treatments within a multiple probe design was used to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the procedures. Both procedures were effective…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Prompting, Time, Moderate Mental Retardation
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Pennington, Robert C.; Collins, Belva C.; Stenhoff, Donald M.; Turner, Kennedy; Gunselman, Karen – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
Despite the importance of written expression to the lives of individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), there is limited research on teaching writing skills to this population. In the current study, we used a multiple probe across behaviors design to evaluate the effects of simultaneous prompting (SP) and computer-assisted instruction (CAI)…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Prompting, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Fetko, Erin E.; Collins, Belva C.; Hager, Karen D.; Spriggs, Amy D. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
This investigation evaluated the effectiveness of using peer tutors to teach a chained leisure skill (i.e., UNO card game) to three middle school students with disabilities using a simultaneous prompting procedure within a multiple probe design. The investigation also assessed whether the students with disabilities would acquire four unrelated…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Tutoring, Middle School Students, Disabilities
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Karl, Jennifer; Collins, Belva C.; Hager, Karen D.; Ault, Melinda Jones – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a simultaneous prompting procedure in teaching four secondary students with moderate intellectual disability to acquire and generalize core content embedded in a functional activity. Data gathered within the context of a multiple probe design revealed that all participants learned the…
Descriptors: Moderate Mental Retardation, Daily Living Skills, Prompting, Core Curriculum
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Collins, Belva C.; Hager, Karen L.; Galloway, Carey Creech – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
The purpose of this investigation was to add functional content during core content instruction of language arts, science, and math. The investigation involved three middle school students with moderate disabilities who participated in the state's alternate assessment. During instruction using a constant time delay procedure to teach required…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Moderate Mental Retardation, Alternative Assessment, Core Curriculum