Teacher praise and knowledge of results were used to increase the production rates of five emotionally disturbed students. When the emotionally disturbed students could perform the task consistently and efficiently, they were used as models for three trainable level retarded students. While the production rates of the three trainable level students improved, each student seemed to be affected differently by exposure to reinforced models, direct reinforcement, and knowledge of results.
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