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Article: Effect of acquisition rates on off-task behavior with children identified as having learning disabilities.
- Article from:
- Learning Disability Quarterly
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
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Abstract. Research has consistently demonstrated the importance of providing an appropriate level of challenge, called the instructional level, within curricular material. Although the instructional level is a generally well-defined and researched construct, much less data exist on the acquisition rate (AR) component of an appropriate level of challenge. The current study used curriculum-based assessment to assess the AR of five fourth-grade students diagnosed with a reading disability and taught each 20 words from the Esperanto International Language over two sessions (10 each session). Students were observed during instruction, and the number of demonstrated off-task ...