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50 Years of ERIC
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Effects of Self-Monitoring and Recruiting Teacher Attention on Pre-Vocational Skills
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Rouse, Christina A.; Everhart-Sherwood, Julie M.; Alber-Morgan, Sheila R. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
This study examined the effects of teaching self-monitoring and recruiting teacher attention on the acquisition, generalization, and maintenance of pre-vocational tasks by two sixth grade boys with moderate to severe intellectual disability. While completing pre-vocational tasks (e.g., sorting hangers by size, weighing amounts in ounces), the…
Descriptors: Self Management, Attention, Prevocational Education, Check Lists
Teaching Reading Comprehension and Language Skills to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities Using Direct Instruction
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Flores, Margaret M.; Nelson, Cynthia; Hinton, Vanessa; Franklin, Toni M.; Strozier, Shaunita D.; Terry, LaTonya; Franklin, Susan – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
There is limited research demonstrating Direct Instruction (DI) as an effective reading comprehension intervention for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and developmental disabilities (DD). Previous research has shown that DI, when portions of the program were implemented, resulted in increased skills (Flores & Ganz, 2007; Flores…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Language Skills, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Arithmetic Operations and Attention in Children with Intellectual Disabilities
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Djuric-Zdravkovic, Aleksandra; Japundza-Milisavljevic, Mirjana; Macesic-Petrovic, Dragana – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
This paper is aimed at depicting the quality of functions of some of the aspects of attention in children with mild intellectual disabilities and their influence on the mastering of arithmetic operations, including addition and subtraction. The sample used in this study encompasses 60 pupils, both males and females. The criteria used in the…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Addition, Subtraction, Mathematics Skills
Video Modeling and Prompting: A Comparison of Two Strategies for Teaching Cooking Skills to Students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities
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Taber-Doughty, Teresa; Bouck, Emily C.; Tom, Kinsey; Jasper, Andrea D.; Flanagan, Sara M.; Bassette, Laura – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
Self-operated video prompting and video modeling was compared when used by three secondary students with mild intellectual disabilities as they completed novel recipes during cooking activities. Alternating between video systems, students completed twelve recipes within their classroom kitchen. An alternating treatment design with a follow-up and…
Descriptors: Cooking Instruction, Mental Retardation, Prompting, Video Equipment