Using blended and guided technologies in a university course for scientist-practitioners: Teaching Applied Behaviour Analysis to autism professionals

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 113-142

  Roll Pettersson, Lise ^a,b   Ala'I Rosales, Shahla ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied Behaviour Analysis; Autism; Blended learning; Guided design; Scientist practitioner

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCIENTIST; SWEDEN; TEACHER; UNIVERSITY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CURRICULUM; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SWEDEN; TEACHING;

EID: 69949106347     PISSN: 17446295     EISSN: 17446309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1744629509340179     Document Type: Article

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