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J Appl Behav Anal. 1996 Spring; 29(1): 53–66.
PMCID: PMC1279873
Peer modeling of response chains: observational learning by students with disabilities.
M G Werts, N K Caldwell, and M Wolery
Allegheny-Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212, USA.
Abstract
Peer models (classmates without disabilities) who were proficient in performing a task completed one response chain each day and described the steps they performed while their classmates with disabilities observed. Three students with disabilities participated, and their performance of the response chains was assessed immediately prior to and following the peer modeling each day. A multiple probe design across response chains, replicated across children with disabilities, was used. In addition, participation and social interactions of children with disabilities and their peer models were assessed in classroom activities after daily modeling sessions. The results indicate that the peer models performed the response chains accurately and quickly, and students with disabilities acquired the response chains. Across the study, participation in classroom activities was high, social interactions were low, and neither was affected by the peer modeling intervention.
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