Response repetition as an error-correction procedure for sight-word reading: A replication and extension

✍ Scribed by Kendra L. Marvin; John T. Rapp; Michelle T. Stenske; Nairim R. Rojas; Greg J. Swanson; Sara M. Bartlett

• Book ID: 101713207
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 345 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1072-0847
• DOI: 10.1002/bin.299

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We evaluated the effects of response repetition (RR) as an error‐correction procedure for increasing sight‐word reading for four individuals using a multiple baseline design. The results for each participant showed that correct responding increased following the introduction of the RR procedure. In addition, responding for three of four participants showed evidence of stimulus generalization, response generalization, or both. Likewise, we found that comparable behavior changes were produced when a participant's paraprofessional implemented RR in a typical classroom. These findings are briefly discussed in terms of procedures that promote behavior acquisition and generalization via negative reinforcement. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.