Freeland, J. T., & Noell, G. H. (1999).
Maintaining accurate math responses in elementary school students: The effects of delayed intermittent reinforcement and programming common stimuli.
Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis,
32, 211-215.
This study examined the effect of delayed reinforcement on digits
completed by elementary school children and the effect of
programming stimuli common to reinforcement conditions on the
maintenance of their performance. Participants exhibited similar
levels of responding during intermittent and continuous
reinforcement. Responding continued for a number of sessions at
similar levels during a maintenance phase that included stimuli
present during delayed reinforcement.
DESCRIPTORS: maintenance, mathematics, delayed and intermittent
reinforcement, common stimuli