Effects of rate building on fluent performance: A review and commentary

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-23

  Doughty, Shannon S ^a,b   Chase, Philip N ^a   O'Shields, Elizabethann M ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West Virginia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior analysis; Education; Fluency; Practice; Rate building; Response strength

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; SKILL; STUDENT; TEACHING; VALIDITY; VELOCITY;

EID: 2642563862     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392086     Document Type: Review

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