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The Use of Computer-Generated Fading Materials to Teach Visual-Visual Non-Identity Matching Tasks
Murphy, Colleen; Figueroa, Maria; Martin, Garry L.; Yu, C. T.; Figueroa, Josue
Developmental Disabilities Bulletin, v36 n1-2 p49-66 2008
Many everyday matching tasks taught to persons with developmental disabilities are visual-visual non-identity matching (VVNM) tasks, such as matching the printed word DOG to a picture of a dog, or matching a sock to a shoe. Research has shown that, for participants who have failed a VVNM prototype task, it is very difficult to teach them various VVNM training tasks using standard prompting and reinforcement. A potential rapid training procedure for teaching VVNM tasks would include withing-stimulus prompt fading. Such a training procedure, however, requires suitable teaching materials. In this paper we describe a strategy for creating computer generated fading steps, and illustrate their application for rapid teaching of VVNM discriminations. (Contains 1 table and 6 figures.)
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Visual Stimuli, Teaching Methods, Computer Uses in Education, Identification, Cues, Prompting, Imitation, Visual Perception, Visual Discrimination, Males, Severe Mental Retardation, Adults, Institutionalized Persons
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