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Jimenez, Bree A.; Besaw, Jessica – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Instructional technology is growing at rapid rates. In the field of mathematics, virtual manipulatives are a research-based tool that has shown to have a positive impact on students' mathematic achievement, as well as student engagement in learning. In an effort to extend the research, this study investigated the impact of virtual manipulatives,…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Manipulative Materials, Numeracy, Students with Disabilities
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Bloh, Christopher; Scagliotti, Christopher; Baugh, Sarah; Sheenan, Megan; Silas, Shane; Zulli, Nicole – Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship, 2017
Five reinforcing activities were presented to and interrupted for two participants with autism. An errorless teaching procedure was then introduced with two similar activities prompting the participants to request information saying "How?" in order to resume the activity. The dependent variable included both the cumulative number of…
Descriptors: Autism, Teaching Methods, Verbal Operant Conditioning, Reinforcement
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Cannella-Malone, Helen I.; Chan, Jeffrey M.; Jimenez, Eliseo D. – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Objectives: This study compared the effects of self-directed video prompting with error correction using an iPod Touch to least-to-most prompting on teaching vocational skills to two post-secondary students with moderate intellectual disabilities. Methods: Students were first taught to use the inPromptu mobile application on the iPod Touch. They…
Descriptors: Prompting, College Students, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Video Technology
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Hudson, Melissa E. – International Journal of Special Education, 2019
Reading opens the world to individuals and is one of the most important skills learned in school. Around the world, researchers are focused on improving reading instruction for all students, including students with developmental disabilities. Much energy is spent teaching reading basics such as early literacy skills to primary-aged learners…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Handheld Devices, Self Management, Skill Development
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Shepley, Sally B.; Spriggs, Amy D.; Samudre, Mark; Elliot, Mary – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2018
This study used a multiple probe across participants design to (a) evaluate the use of system of least prompts to teach students to self-instruct and (b) evaluate the use of a mobile device for a video activity schedule of a functional daily living skill. In baseline, the classroom teacher asked participants to make a snack and collected…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Video Technology, Middle School Students, Intellectual Disability