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The effectiveness of cue fading in teaching kindergarten children to serial order
Author(s) -
Schafer Larry E.,
Byers Joe L.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660120310
Subject(s) - citation , library science , order (exchange) , convention , media studies , sociology , computer science , social science , finance , economics
Fifteen kindergarten children, who began the study with Piaget's stage II seriation capabilities (they could serial order sticks but could not insert a number of sticks into an already ordered set), were individually given 30 minutes of seriation training on three consecutive days. Cue fading and the manipulation of discrimination levels were used in the training to help the children meet successive performance criteria leading to the acquisition of stage III criteria of both ordering sets and inserting objects into an already-ordered set. Posttests, each consisting of a near and far transfer measure, were given approximately 1, 8, and 132 days after training. Results showed that subjects acquired and retained the specific target capabilities of the training, but failed to transfer substantially those acquired capabilities to the performance of seriation tasks involving unfamiliar materials. (Author/DT)