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. 1996 Fall;29(3):397–401. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1996.29-397

Brief experimental analysis of stimulus prompts for accurate responding on academic tasks in an outpatient clinic.

J J McComas 1, D P Wacker 1, L J Cooper 1, J M Asmus 1, D Richman 1, B Stoner 1
PMCID: PMC1283998  PMID: 8926227

Abstract

Brief multielement designs were used to examine the effects of specific instructional strategies on accuracy of academic performance during outpatient evaluations of 4 children with learning disorders. Instructional strategies that improved accuracy on academic tasks were identified for all participants. These results suggest that the application of experimental analysis methodologies to instructional variables may facilitate the identification of stimulus prompts that are associated with enhanced academic performance.

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