Strengthening scientific verbal behavior: an experimental comparison of progressively prompted and unprompted programmed instruction and prose tutorials.

Full Abstract

Web-based software was used to deliver and record the effects of programmed instruction that progressively added formal prompts until attempts were successful, programmed instruction with one attempt, and prose tutorials. Error-contingent progressive prompting took significantly longer than programmed instruction and prose. Both forms of programmed instruction substantially increased the appropriate use of behavioral vocabulary during subsequent interpretive essays. These behavioral gains extended to a different setting, suggesting that more was being learned than simply how to answer programmed tutorial frames correctly.

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Author information

Author/s: Davis, Darrel R (DR); Bostow, Darrel E (DE); Heimisson, Gudmundur T (GT);

Affiliation: University of South Florida Tampa, Florida 33620, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal: Journal of applied behavior analysis (J Appl Behav Anal), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-; vol 40 (issue 1) : pp 179-84

Dates: Created 2007/05/02; Completed 2007/06/29; Revised 2007/11/15;

PMID: 17471802, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

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Internet
Programmed Instruction as Topic
Reinforcement, Verbal
Verbal Behavior
Vocabulary

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