Title: | The use of self-instruction with multiple exemplars to teach generalized problem-solving to individuals with severe mental retardation |
Author(s): | Hughes, Carolyn |
Doctoral Committee Chair(s): | Rusch, Frank R. |
Department / Program: | Education |
Discipline: | Education |
Degree Granting Institution: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Degree: | Ph.D. |
Genre: | Dissertation |
Subject(s): | Education, Special |
Abstract: | The purpose of this investigation, was to determine if individuals with severe mental retardation could learn to use self-instruction in combination with multiple exemplars to produce a generalized problem-solving response. Specifically, four residents of a group home who had severe mental retardation were taught to use the problem-solving strategy to solve task-related problems. The combined strategy resulted in generalization to untrained problems, as well as response maintenance of the problem-solving strategy (i.e., responding to multiple exemplars and self-instructing). The use of the strategy is discussed in terms of promoting generalized responding, response maintenance, and independent performance among individuals with severe mental retardation. |
Issue Date: | 1990 |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/20154 |
Rights Information: | Copyright 1990 Hughes, Carolyn |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2011-05-07 |
Identifier in Online Catalog: | AAI9026213 |
OCLC Identifier: | (UMI)AAI9026213 |