Guiding Visual Attention during Acquisition of Matching-to-Sample.

Mackay, Harry A.; Soraci, Sal A.; Carlin, Michael T.; Dennis, Nancy A.; Strawbridge, Christina P.

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ERIC Number: EJ655598

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Publication Date: 2002

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Guiding Visual Attention during Acquisition of Matching-to-Sample.

Mackay, Harry A.; Soraci, Sal A.; Carlin, Michael T.; Dennis, Nancy A.; Strawbridge, Christina P.

American Journal on Mental Retardation, v107 n6 p445-54 Nov 2002

Matching-to-sample skills are involved in language acquisition and reading and counting abilities. The rapid, even errorless, induction of matching performances in young children and 28 individuals with mental retardation (ages 11-20) was demonstrated through the structuring of a visual array that promoted detection of the relevant stimulus. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Attention, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Retardation, Training Methods, Visual Discrimination, Visual Learning, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli

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Language: English

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