Teaching generatively: Learning about disorders and disabilities.
Stimulus equivalence procedures have been used to teach course material in higher education in the laboratory and in the classroom. The current study was a systematic replication of Walker, Rehfeldt, and Ninness (2010), who used a stimulus equivalence procedure to train information pertaining to 12 disorders. Specifically, we conducted (a) a written posttest immediately after each training unit and (b) booster training sessions for poor performers. Results showed immediate improvement from pretest to posttest scores after training, but problems with maintenance were noted in the final examination. Implications of poor maintenance are discussed in the context of the current study and stimulus equivalence research in higher education generally.
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY.
Margaret M
MM
Alter
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY.
John C
JC
Borrero
D002658:Developmental Disabilities; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning
age-related and psychiatric disorders; developmental disabilities; disabilities; health-related disorders; higher education; stimulus equivalence