Incorporating Relational Vocabulary Teaching into Daily Classroom Activities

This article describes a six-step program designed to teach relational vocabulary in classroom settings. The goal of this program is to establish generative use of the relational vocabulary items targeted. Based on an earlier program by the second author, this program employs methods discussed in the literature for facilitating concept learning and generalization. These methods focus on the systematic modification of both example, presentation (including non-defining characteristics and situational distractions) and reponse prompting.