AN EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL GROUP EQUIVALENCE-BASED INSTRUCTION IN A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM

The following studies examined the effectiveness and the efficiency of individual and small group equivalence-based instruction on English and math relations with elementary school children. The first experiment implemented a multiple-probe design across three typically developing third graders using an automated procedure to evaluate the stimulus equivalence paradigm (SEP) on establishing English and math equivalence classes. Since some researchers have proposed that covert behavior facilitates in the formation of equivalence classes (Horne & Lowe, 1996; Stromer, Mackay, & Remington, 1996), the second experiment examined the possible role of covert behavior, more specifically, a visual imagining strategy, on correct responding after remedial instructional sessions. To further extend SEP into more academic environments, the third experiment used an observational learning procedure to evaluate the formation of English and math symmetry relations as well as the formation of equivalence classes in a small group format. The emergence of topography-based responding was also assessed after instruction for all three experiments.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

Campus Only Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Rehabilitation

Year

2015

Author dc:creator

• Aguirre, Angelica A.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rehfeldt, Ruth Anne

• Academic Intervention
• Covert Verbal Behavior
• Observational Learning
• Problem Solving
• Stimulus Equivalence
• Topography-Based Responding

Repository record dc:identifier

https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1098

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:opensiuc.lib.siu.edu:dissertations-2102