Teaching to Read Sentences Using Conditional Discrimination

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to teach the reading of sentences by means of conditional discrimination. The method was based on the model of stimulus equivalence and applied with software program, and had sentences as teaching unit. Four high school students were submitted to the following experimental conditions: (A) auditory sentences, (B) images, (C) printed sentences, and (D) letters. The repertoire was evaluated before and after teaching. The results suggested that the students learned reading new words, sentences and texts and that the procedure was effective to install repertoires of reading at higher levels.

Keywords:
reading; conditional discrimination; stimulus equivalence; educational software; high school