title: An investigation of instructional scheduling arrangements for community-based instruction.
abstract: The instructional scheduling arrangements of simulated and community-based instruction across an equivalent set of functional and vocational skills were examined. Five secondary age students with moderate intellectual disabilities participated in four instructional scheduling arrangements measuring skill acquisition, generalization, and maintenance of functional tasks. The four instructional scheduling arrangements examined were simulated-only instruction (SOI), community-based instruction only (CBI), combination of SOI and CBI on consecutive school days (CCD), and combination of SOI and CBI on the same school day (CSD). The CSD schedule was significantly more effective for student acquisition performance than SOI, CBI, and CCD schedules. Although the CBI schedule resulted in the fewest number of instructional sessions for students to acquire the targeted skill, fewer sessions for skill generalization were required for students during the combined simulation and community instruction CSD schedule. Overall, both combined instructional scheduling arrangements (e.g., CCD, CSD) produced more efficient outcomes for generalization than SOI and CBI scheduling arrangements.
authors.affiliation: Georgia State University, MCS 6A0820, Educational Psychology and Special Education, 33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6, Atlanta, GA 30303-3086, USA. epedfc@langate.gsu.edu
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Cihak
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Alberto
authors.forename: Kelby B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Kessler
authors.forename: Teresa A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Taber
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D001076:Aptitude; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D014829:Vocational Education