Am J Ment Defic. 1978 Sep;83(2):104-9.

Relative effectiveness and efficiency of group vs. individual training of severely retarded persons.

American journal of mental deficiency

J E Favell, J E Favell, J F McGimsey

PMID: 696757

Abstract

Two groups of severely retarded individuals were trained on a work-recognition task: One group was trained individually, i.e., in one-to-one training sessions; the four members of the other group were taught simultaneously by one teacher. The group-teaching strategy resulted in rates of acquisition that were similar to those found with individual instruction. Further, group training proved to be far more efficient in terms of teacher time; i.e., subjects trained as a group acquired significantly more skills in less teacher time than did individually trained subjects. The results indicate that group training is a viable and, at least in some situations, a preferable method for teaching severely retarded persons.

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MeSH terms

• Achievement*
• Adolescent
• Adult
• Child
• Education of Intellectually Disabled*
• Female
• Group Processes*
• Humans
• Male
• Reading
• Teaching / methods
• Time Factors

Publication Types

• Comparative Study
• Journal Article