Research article summary (published 7 Mar 2007):

Impact of SMART Board technology: an investigation of sight word reading and observational learning.

Full Abstract

The effects of SMART Board technology, an interactive electronic whiteboard, and a 3s constant time delay (CTD) procedure was evaluated for teaching sight word reading to students with moderate intellectual disabilties within a small group arrangment. A multiple probe design across three word sets and replicated with three students was used to evaluate the effectiveness of SMART Board technology on:
(a) reading target grocery words; (b) matching grocery item photos to target grocery words; (c) reading other students' target grocery words through observational learning; and (d) matching grocery item photos to observational grocery words. Results support use of this tool to teach multiple students at one time and its effects on observational learning of non-target information.

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Author information

Author/s: Mechling, Linda C (LC); Gast, David L (DL); Krupa, Kristin (K);

Affiliation: Department Curricular Studies, Division Academic Affairs, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, King Hall 102b, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA. mechlingl(-atsign-)uncw.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of autism and developmental disorders (J Autism Dev Disord), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2007-Nov; vol 37 (issue 10) : pp 1869-82

Dates: Created 2007/10/18; Completed 2008/01/14;

PMID: 17347880, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Adult Aptitude Attention Computer-Assisted Instruction Curriculum Discrimination Learning Down Syndrome - psychology; therapy Education of Mentally Retarded Female

Food Preferences - psychology Generalization (Psychology) Humans Male Pattern Recognition, Visual Reaction Time Reading Semantics Software

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