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Teaching Peer Tutors To Use A Simultaneous Prompting Procedure To Teach Sales Tax Computation To Secondary Students With Mild And Moderate Disabilities, Sarah Whitfield

Theses and Dissertations--Early Childhood, Special Education, and Counselor Education

The purpose of the study was to provide training to peer tutors to teach students with mild and moderate disabilities sales tax computation using a simultaneous prompting procedure with fidelity. Non-target information presented during training sessions and generalization to natural environment settings was assessed. A multiple probe (days) across participants design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention on the dependent variables. The results showed peer tutors could use the simultaneous prompting procedure with fidelity to teach sales tax computation and students with disabilities could acquire sales tax computation. The students acquired the non-target information presented and generalization …