College students in a psychology research-methods course learned concepts related to inferential statistics and hypothesis decision making. One group received equivalence-based instruction on conditional discriminations that were expected to promote the emergence of many untaught, academically useful abilities (i.e., stimulus equivalence group). A negative control group received no instruction,...

Contemporary toilet training derives from two accepted models: child-oriented gradual training and structured-behavioral, endpointoriented training. The former approach views toilet training as a process by which a parent systematically responds to a child’s signals of toilet “readiness,” whereas the latter views toilet training as a process of eliciting a specific chain of independent toiletin...

This paper describes an instructional approach designed to teach adults in a workplace training program strategies for communicating in an electronic context. Students used an on-line discussion group to respond to cases that were relevant to their experiences of seeking and preparing for employment. A scaffolded teaching approach was used whereby students were taught to explain or express a vi...

Training and instruction (T&I) is increasingly based on advanced learning tools such as e-learning, simulators and virtual environments. In order to utilise these tools in an effective way, a first set of global requirements for T&I programs should be specified in order to identify appropriate needs and effective instructional methods. General Morphological Analysis (GMA) is a non-quantified mo...