Stimulus shaping appears to be a highly successful way to teach discrimination skills. In stimulus shaping, the topographical configuration of the stimuli is gradually changed over trials so that discrimination is at first easy, and then gradually more difficult. Stimulus shaping procedures might also be effective for training visual-motor tasks. Two experiments were conducted to assess the rel...

OBJECTIVES To estimate seasonal proportions of patient visits due to acute gastrointestinal illness (GI), assess factors influencing physicians' stool sample requests, their understanding of laboratory testing protocols and adherence to provincial stool request guidelines in three British Columbia (BC) health regions. METHODS During a one-year period, eligible physicians were mailed four self...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perbedaan hasil belajar siswa pada mata pelajaran matematika materi statistika (Mean, Median, dan Modus) data tunggal sebelum sesudah menggunakan model pembelajaran koperatif tipe Probing Promptingdi kelas IX SMP Negeri 4 Lirung,untuk mengetaui seberapa besar peningkatan setelah diterapkannya Prompting di Lirung. Metode penelitian adalah Eksperimen deng...

Self-explaining has been repeatedly shown to result in positive learning outcomes for students in a wide variety of disciplines. However, there are two potential accounts for why self-explaining works. First, those who self-explain experience more content than those who do not. Second, there are differences in the activity of generating the explanations versus merely comprehending them. To comp...

BACKGROUND One potential promising strategy for increasing smoking cessation for Māori (Indigenous New Zealanders) and New Zealand resident Pacific Island people is Quit and Win competitions. The current uncontrolled pre and post study, WERO (WERO in Māori language means challenge), differs from previous studies in that it aims to investigate if a stop smoking contest, using both within team su...

Abstract This study examined whether learning with heuristic worked examples can improve students’ competency in solving reality-based tasks mathematics (mathematical modeling competency). We randomly assigned 134 students Grade 5 and 180 7 to one of three conditions: control condition (students on tasks), example studied representing a realistic process problem-solving by fictitious negotiatin...