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Minxin Cheng – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Background: Autism spectrum disorder and cerebral palsy are prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders. Autistic individuals or individuals with cerebral palsy often struggle with sensory processing that further impacts movement execution. Immersive virtual reality (VR) is a promising assessment and intervention modality to promote motor learning in…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Computer Simulation
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Kaitlyn P. Wilson – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2024
Autistic individuals have significant social-communication challenges that commonly persist into adulthood and impact academic, social, and vocational pursuits. More than two decades of research have established video behavior modeling as a successful, cost-effective, and time-efficient intervention tool for autistic children; however, less…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Interpersonal Competence, Social Development
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Ypsilanti, Antonia; Vivas, Ana B.; Räisänen, Teppo; Viitala, Matti; Ijäs, Tuula; Ropes, Donald – Education and Information Technologies, 2014
Aging diversity in organizations creates potential challenges, particularly for knowledge management, skills update and skills obsolescence. Intergenerational learning (IGL) involves knowledge building, innovation and knowledge transfer between generations within an organization (Ropes 2011). Serious games refer to the use of computer games in…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Intergenerational Programs, Video Games, Computer Games
Shinkfield, Alison J.; Sparrow, W. A.; Day, R. H. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1997
Visual discrimination and motor reproduction tasks involving computer-simulated arm movements were administered to 12 adults with mental retardation and a gender-matched control group. The purpose was to examine whether inadequacies in visual perception account for the poorer motor performance of this population. Results indicate both perceptual…
Descriptors: Adults, Mental Retardation, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Herr, Selma E. – 1966
After a consideration of the causes of ineffective reading, this publication presents organized lessons (including 50 reading selections) for improving adult reading skills, and specific suggestions for securing the main idea, developing word power, developing such skills as skimming, following directions, visualization, and perceptual ideas, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Critical Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Evaluation Methods