| Transportability of equivalence-based programmed instruction: efficacy and efficiency in a college classroom. | |
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PMID: 21941377 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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College students in a psychology research-methods course learned concepts related to inferential statistics and hypothesis decision making. One group received equivalence-based instruction on conditional discriminations that were expected to promote the emergence of many untaught, academically useful abilities (i.e., stimulus equivalence group). A negative control group received no instruction, and a positive (complete instruction) control group received instruction on all possible relations (those taught to, and emerging untaught in, the stimulus equivalence group). On posttests, the stimulus equivalence group performed as well as the positive control group (and both outperformed the negative control group), but those in the equivalence-based instruction condition achieved this outcome with significantly less training, thereby demonstrating the efficiency of equivalence-based instruction. Social validity measures indicated that participants found the instruction to be beneficial and as enjoyable as traditional teaching methods. |
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Authors:
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Daniel M Fienup; Thomas S Critchfield |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of applied behavior analysis Volume: 44 ISSN: 1938-3703 ISO Abbreviation: J Appl Behav Anal Publication Date: 2011 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-09-23 Completed Date: 2012-01-27 Revised Date: 2012-03-01 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0174763 Medline TA: J Appl Behav Anal Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 435-50 Citation Subset: IM |
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Illinois State University, USA. daniel.fienup@qc.cuny.edu |
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Computer-Assisted Instruction Decision Making* Female Humans Learning / physiology* Male Problem Solving / physiology* Students / psychology* Time Factors Universities* Young Adult |
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