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TEACHING MEMORIZED SPELLING WITH A MICROCOMPUTER: TIME DELAY AND COMPUTER‐ASSISTED INSTRUCTION
Author(s) -
Stevens Kay B.,
Blackhurst A. Edward,
Slaton Deborah Bott
Publication year - 1991
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 - 10.1901/jaba.1991.24-153
Subject(s) - spelling , microcomputer , computer assisted instruction , generalization , presentation (obstetrics) , psychology , computer science , teaching method , mathematics education , medicine , telecommunications , mathematical analysis , mathematics , radiology , philosophy , linguistics , chip
A computer‐assisted instruction program was evaluated that used a constant time‐delay procedure to teach 5 students 18 spelling words. In addition to delivering the instructional procedure, the program managed the presentation of training content based on individual student responding and collected instructional data on individual student performance. The procedure was effective at teaching 4 of the 5 students the words, and generalization occurred from the computer‐delivered keyboard response format to a teacher‐delivered hand‐written response format. Maintenance data varied among the students. The study demonstrated the feasibility of using microcomputers to deliver time‐delay instruction in special education classrooms and suggested several research questions related to specific features of microcomputer‐delivered time‐delay instruction.