Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Summer 1970

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

Committee Chair

Hyrum S. Henderson

Second Committee Member

Harold S. Williams

Third Committee Member

Sam Rust, Jr.

Abstract

This investigation was instigated to assess the effectiveness of a systematic application of reinforcement on the verbal response rate of a withdrawn, educable mentally retarded student in a junior high school special education class. The purpose of this study was to test the following hypothesis: There will be no statistically significant difference in the subject's verbal response rate between the baseline average and under conditions of systematic application of reinforcement.

Comments

Note: The terminology present in this thesis is a product of its time and may be seen as racist or culturally insensitive by today's standards.

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