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Comparing massed‐trial instruction, distributed‐trial instruction, and task interspersal to teach tacts to children with autism spectrum disorders
Author(s) -
Majdalany Lina M.,
Wilder David A.,
Greif Abigail,
Mathisen David,
Saini Valdeep
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1002/jaba.149
Subject(s) - tact , autism , psychology , task (project management) , autism spectrum disorder , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , management , economics
Although massed‐trial instruction, distributed‐trial instruction, and task interspersal have been shown to be effective methods of teaching skills to children with autism spectrum disorders, they have not been directly compared. In the current study, we taught 6 children to tact shapes of countries using these methods to determine which would result in the quickest acquisition. Five of the 6 participants acquired the targets in the massed‐trial condition before the other 2 conditions.