The effects of response repetitions on sight word acquisition for students with mild disabilities

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-324

  Ferkis, Mary Ann ^a   Belfiore, Phillip J ^b   Skinner, Christopher H ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drill and practice; Effective instruction; Learning efficiency; Reading methods; Sight words

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010177795     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022875506110     Document Type: Article

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