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INCREASING OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
Taylor Bridget A.,
DeQuinzio Jaime A.,
Stine Jaime
Publication year - 2012
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.2012.45-815
Subject(s) - psychology , autism , observational study , imitation , observational learning , reading (process) , developmental psychology , test (biology) , cognitive psychology , experiential learning , social psychology , mathematics education , linguistics , medicine , philosophy , paleontology , pathology , biology
We evaluated the effects of monitoring responses on the acquisition of sight words with 3 children with autism. In the training condition, we taught participants a vocal imitation and matching response related to a peer's reading response. In another condition, participants were exposed only to a peer's reading responses. Participants read the words more accurately during test sessions when the monitoring response was required. Results and discussion highlight the importance of identifying component responses of observational learning and the need for additional research in this area.