Teaching children to spell: Decreasing consonant cluster errors by eliminating selective stimulus control

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-91

  Birnie Selwyn, Beverly ^b   Guerin, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Computers; Education; Spelling; Stimulus overselectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039812551     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.1997.30-69     Document Type: Article

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