McComas, J. J., Wacker, D. P., Cooper, L. J., Asmus, J. M., Richman, D., & Stoner, B. (1996).
Brief experimental analysis of stimulus prompts for accurate responding on academic tasks in an outpatient clinic.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
29, 397-401.
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.
DESCRIPTORS: instructional strategies, stimulus prompts,
structural analysis, learning disorders