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  • Title: Relative effectiveness and efficiency of group vs. individual training of severely retarded persons.
    Author: Favell JE, Favell JE, McGimsey JF.
    Journal: Am J Ment Defic; 1978 Sep; 83(2):104-9. PubMed ID: 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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