Effects of Fluency Versus Accuracy Training on Endurance and Retention of Assembly Tasks by Four Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-17

  Lee, Gabrielle T ^a   Singer Dudek, Jessica ^a  

^a Teachers College Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Endurance; Fluency; Rate criterion; Retention; Vocational skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857447635     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10864-011-9142-9     Document Type: Article

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