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Bean Ellawadi, Allison; McGregor, Karla K. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2016
Background: The conclusion that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) do not use eye gaze in the service of word learning is based on one-trial studies. Aims: To determine whether children with ASD come to use gaze in the service of word learning when given multiple trials with highly reliable eye-gaze cues. Methods & Procedures:…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Children, Eye Movements
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Banire, Bilikis; Jomhari, Nazean; Ahmad, Rodina – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
The effect of education on children with autism serves as a relative cure for their deficits. As a result of this, they require special techniques to gain their attention and interest in learning as compared to typical children. Several studies have shown that these children are visual learners. In this study, we proposed a Visual Hybrid…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Visual Learning, Instructional Design
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Sadeh, Avi; Gruber, Reut; Raviv, Amiram – Child Development, 2003
Assessed effects of sleep restriction and extension on 9- to 12-year-olds' neurobehavioral functioning. Found that modest sleep restriction led to improved sleep quality but to reduced reported alertness. Children who extended sleep improved significantly from baseline their performance on the digit forward memory test and reaction time on the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Children, Comparative Analysis