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Teaching Identity Matching of Braille Characters to Beginning Braille Readers

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Title: Teaching Identity Matching of Braille Characters to Beginning Braille Readers
Language: English
Authors: Toussaint, Karen A., Scheithauer, Mindy C., Tiger, Jeffrey H., Saunders, Kathryn J.
Source: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Spr 2017 50(2):278-289.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2017
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Braille, Visual Impairments, Teaching Methods, Accuracy, Tactual Perception, Comparative Analysis, Children
DOI: 10.1002/jaba.382
ISSN: 0021-8855
Abstract: We taught three children with visual impairments to make tactile discriminations of the braille alphabet within a matching-to-sample format. That is, we presented participants with a braille character as a sample stimulus, and they selected the matching stimulus from a three-comparison array. In order to minimize participant errors, we initially arranged braille characters into training sets in which there was a maximum difference in the number of dots comprising the target and nontarget comparison stimuli. As participants mastered these discriminations, we increased the similarity between target and nontarget comparisons (i.e., an approximation of stimulus fading). All three participants' accuracy systematically increased following the introduction of this identity-matching procedure.
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Entry Date: 2017
Accession Number: EJ1136758
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