title: An Investigation Into Rate-building and Cues on Conditional Discrimination Performance Using a Repeated Acquisition Procedure

authors: Levine, Joshua

subjects: Precision Teaching

abstract: The present study consisted of eleven experiments divided between two series of studies.  The first part of Series 1 aimed at replicating the findings of Porritt (2007) and Porritt et al. (2009).  Findings from Series 1 showed that rate-building, when number of practices and reinforcement rate are controlled, enhance training accuracy.  However, the greater response rates did not improve retention accuracy, a failure to replicate.  Given the contrary outcomes, the studies in the second part of Series 1 attempted to fully replicate Porritt by using variables that have been shown to improve retention accuracy.  These results replicated Porritt only when similar behaviours were trained under like conditions between the Training and Retention components.  An interpretation of the Series 1 data suggests that, rather than response rate, response duration may contribute towards retention accuracy.  The second series of studies investigated the role of stimuli in the repeated acquisition procedure. Findings show the use of colour cues generated the greatest accuracy while completing behaviour chains.  However, both colour cues and position of last response were found to govern chain completion accuracy.  Findings from Series 2 suggest attention should be paid to the use of cues when the repeated acquisition procedure is used in rate-building experiments.  Overall, the present study found that focusing on duration-reduction, in an animal analogue study using a repeated acquisition procedure with no-colour cues, may reveal the prime contributor to greater retention in Precision Teaching.

text: An Investigation Into Rate-building and Cues on Conditional Discrimination Performance Using a Repeated Acquisition Procedure The present study consisted of eleven experiments divided between two series of studies.  The first part of Series 1 aimed at replicating the findings of Porritt (2007) and Porritt et al. (2009).  Findings from Series 1 showed that rate-building, when number of practices and reinforcement rate are controlled, enhance training accuracy.  However, the greater response rates did not improve retention accuracy, a failure to replicate.  Given the contrary outcomes, the studies in the second part of Series 1 attempted to fully replicate Porritt by using variables that have been shown to improve retention accuracy.  These results replicated Porritt only when similar behaviours were trained under like conditions between the Training and Retention components.  An interpretation of the Series 1 data suggests that, rather than response rate, response duration may contribute towards retention accuracy.  The second series of studies investigated the role of stimuli in the repeated acquisition procedure. Findings show the use of colour cues generated the greatest accuracy while completing behaviour chains.  However, both colour cues and position of last response were found to govern chain completion accuracy.  Findings from Series 2 suggest attention should be paid to the use of cues when the repeated acquisition procedure is used in rate-building experiments.  Overall, the present study found that focusing on duration-reduction, in an animal analogue study using a repeated acquisition procedure with no-colour cues, may reveal the prime contributor to greater retention in Precision Teaching.

year: 2014

title: A review of urban climatology

authors: McBoyle, G.R.

abstract: The review attempts to elucidate the history of interest and the developing research work done in the field of urban climatology, with special emphasis on temperature. References are made to the works of certain researchers whose publications have not yet been translated into the English language. The reference list is by no means complete but contains most of the important works in this field.

text: A review of urban climatology The review attempts to elucidate the history of interest and the developing research work done in the field of urban climatology, with special emphasis on temperature. References are made to the works of certain researchers whose publications have not yet been translated into the English language. The reference list is by no means complete but contains most of the important works in this field.

year: 1968

title: Niupepa: A historical newspaper collection

authors: Apperley, Mark

abstract: Niupepa is a collection of 42 newspaper titles published in New Zealand from 1842-1933, comprising a total of 21,000 pages in 1,750 issues. This collection forms a unique historical record of the language of the indigenous Mãori people, the evolution of the written form of this language, and of events and developments during the formative colonial history of our country. Using the Greenstone software from the New Zealand Digital Library this collection is now publicly available with full-text search capability.

text: Niupepa: A historical newspaper collection Niupepa is a collection of 42 newspaper titles published in New Zealand from 1842-1933, comprising a total of 21,000 pages in 1,750 issues. This collection forms a unique historical record of the language of the indigenous Mãori people, the evolution of the written form of this language, and of events and developments during the formative colonial history of our country. Using the Greenstone software from the New Zealand Digital Library this collection is now publicly available with full-text search capability.

year: 2001-05-01