Prompt-aided instruction of mirror-image discriminations: Abrupt prompt removal, time delay, and self-evaluation

Using Animation in Microsoft PowerPoint to Enhance Engagement and Learning in Young Learners with Developmental Delay

“…One commonly used prompt is a pictorial or visual prompt. These are pictures or line drawings added to preexisting task stimuli that graphically illustrate or otherwise help the learner understand what is expected or how to perform the skill (e.g., Smeets, 1992;Wolery, Holcombe, Werts, & Cipolloni, 1993). For example, when young preliterate learners are unsure what school restroom to use because they have not yet learned to read the Boys and Girls signs on the restroom doors, a picture or line drawing of a boy on the Boys restroom door and a picture or line drawing of a girl on the Girls restroom door make it much more likely that these young learners will respond correctly.…”