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Xiaoyi Li; Yongbin Hu; Xianmin Yang; Xinyu Bi; Jinying Zhang; Pengrui Tao – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
Virtual reality (VR) has become a promising tool for enhancing social skills in special education, K-12 education, and post-secondary education. However, there is a lack of comprehensive meta-analyses examining the effectiveness of VR social skills training and the factors that moderate its efficacy. In this study, a meta-analysis approach was…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Interpersonal Competence, Instructional Effectiveness, Technology Uses in Education
Chytra Mahanani; Edy Supriyadi; Thomas Sukardi; Sri Listiani; Urip Wahyuningsih – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2025
Haute couture-making techniques are critical competencies to be mastered by fashion engineering education (CEE) graduates. However, until now, many graduates have been unable to master these techniques optimally. Various studies and field phenomena confirm that they are unprepared for supporting knowledge (SK), socio-cultural, and psychological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Clothing Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Career Readiness
Yufang Cheng; Kai-Chao Yao; Li-xin Qiu; Li-hung Cheng – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2025
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often face significant challenges in social reciprocity, which involves the mutual exchange of social cues and interactions. This study investigates the potential of using a child-height assistive robot named Rudolf to enhance the social reciprocity skills of children with ASD. The research focused…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Robotics, Interpersonal Competence, Interaction
Josefin Biermann; Marco Franze; Wolfgang Hoffmann – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2024
Social-emotional skills as valid predictors for subsequent school success should be promoted in early childhood. Preschools are a relevant setting to reach children from families with low socioeconomic status. The federal state law for children´s day-care and preschools in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania offers preschools in difficult…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Children, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence
Effects of Adaptive Prompts in Virtual Reality-Based Social Skills Training for Children with Autism
Jewoong Moon; Fengfeng Ke – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
The purpose of this single-case experimental design (SCED) study is to investigate how adaptive prompts in virtual reality (VR)-based social skills training affect the social skills performance of autistic children. Adaptive prompts are driven by autistic children's emotional states. To integrate adaptive prompts in VR-based training, we conducted…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Interpersonal Competence, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Early Adolescents
Büsra Süngü – Online Submission, 2023
This study aimed to examine the social skills of children with educable intellectual disabilities through behavioural analysis. The participant group of the study consisted of 11 students with a mild level of intellectual disability (ID). The students participated in adapted educational game practices 2 days a week for 10 weeks. The Social Skills…
Descriptors: Children, Intellectual Disability, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development
María del Mar Montoya Rodríguez; Francisco J. Molina Cobos; Vanesa Martínez-Valderrey; Pablo Molina Moreno; Sofía Pizzarossa; Julieta Feris; Valentina Compá; Vanessa A. de Souza – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2025
Aim/Purpose: This study explores the effectiveness of a virtual reality (VR) application designed to teach Theory of Mind (ToM) skills to children aged 5-6, addressing the gap in research on the use of VR for typically developing children. Background: ToM is a critical skill for social interaction and understanding others' perspectives. Despite…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Computer Simulation, Preschool Children, Interpersonal Relationship
Lucy Ajambo; Ronny Sannerud; Justine Nabaggala – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2024
Interpersonal abilities as critical competencies are a prevalent subject in hospitality training. However, there remains a need to further study how teachers and trainers apply instruction practices to develop and strengthen students' interpersonal abilities. This study aimed at identifying instruction practices used by teachers and trainers to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hospitality Occupations, Interpersonal Competence, Vocational Education
Gates, Jacquelyn A.; Gerber, Alan H.; Miller, Caroline E.; Lerner, Matthew D. – Child Development, 2023
While social difficulties in autism are well-established, questions remain regarding whether these represent challenges in "acquiring" or "performing" such skills, reduced social strengths, or a unique distribution across these domains (i.e., social profile). This study empirically derived social profiles of 211 autistic and…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Interpersonal Competence, Interpersonal Relationship, Skill Development
Muhammad Irfan; Muhammad Shaukat Malik – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2023
The chance to start your own business is appealing when the labor market experiences a slump in the current crisis scenario. The factors that affect sustainable entrepreneurship were examined in this study. The factors contributing to an entrepreneur's success, including successful intelligence, social skills, and entrepreneurial personality, were…
Descriptors: Success, Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, Personality Traits
Rebekah Purcell; Catherine Kelly; Kevin Woods – Pastoral Care in Education, 2025
The Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) intervention aims to build capacity within schools to support emotional wellbeing needs. Within the current evidence base, there appears to be an under-representation of student voice. This study adopted an in-depth survey design using pre, during and post intervention semi-structured interviews, to…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Psychological Needs, Well Being
Ed-Dee G. Williams; Matthew J. Smith; Jamie Mitchell; Ty B. Tucker; Connie Sung; Kari Sherwood; Sarah Dababnah; Sandy Magaña; Temple Lovelace; Shanna K. Kattari; Dale Olsen; Jeff Elkins; Laura Humm; Chris Steacy; Edwina Riddle; Caleb Liggett – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
Recent discourse has identified significant issues surrounding the lack of diversity in autism-related research. However, recent efforts have called for the regular use of diversity advisory boards (DAB) in autism-related research to improve the inclusivity of underrepresented and marginalized groups included in the growing autism scholarship.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Diversity, Intervention, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Sebrina L. Doyle Fosco; Deborah L. Schussler – Prevention Science, 2025
School-based mindfulness programs (SBMPs) have shown a range of academic, emotional, and behavioral outcomes. However, heterogeneity in curricular content obscures accurate interpretation of results. To unpack the "black box" of SBMPs and better contextualize intervention outcomes, this investigation examined the practices, skills, and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Training, Stress Management, Curriculum
Melek Karaca; Oktay Bektas; Seyide Eroglu – Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, 2024
Role models are key to the development of self-regulation skills. The study aimed to develop a model that shows the relationship between high school students' role-modeling perceptions and self-regulation skills. In the study, the predictive correlation design of the quantitative research method was used. The study sample consisted of 362 high…
Descriptors: High School Students, Student Attitudes, Role Models, Self Control
Alanazi, Adel – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of sports activities on social skills and self-satisfaction in adults with intellectual disabilities by obtaining the perspective of their parents. A questionnaire was used to collect the viewpoints of parents with adult children who have an intellectual disability in sports facilities. This…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Self Efficacy, Adults