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. 2004 Winter;37(4):535–538. doi: 10.1901/jaba.2004.37-535

The effects of behavioral skills training on staff implementation of discrete-trial teaching.

Randi A Sarokoff 1, Peter Sturmey 1
PMCID: PMC1284533  PMID: 15669415

Abstract

A behavioral skills training package was used to train 3 teachers to correctly implement discrete-trial teaching. The mean baseline proportion of possible correct teaching responses for Teachers 1, 2, and 3 increased from 43%, 49%, and 43%, respectively, during baseline to 97%, 98%, and 99%, respectively, following training. These data indicate that the training package consisting of instructions, feedback, rehearsal, and modeling produced rapid and large improvements in the teachers' implementation of discrete-trial teaching.

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