Brief report: vocabulary acquisition for children with autism: teacher or computer instruction
By: Moore, Monique.
Contributor(s): Calvert, Sandra.
Series: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 30 (4) 2000: 359-362.Publisher: 2000Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): AUTISM
| VOCABULARY | COMPUTERS | ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGYSummary: This study examined the impact of computers on the vocabulary acquisition of young children with autism. Children's attention, motivation and learning of words was compared in a behavioural programme and an educational software programme. Children with autism were more attentive, more motivated, and learned more vocabulary in the computer than in the behavioural programme. Implications are considered for the development of computer software to teach vocabulary to children who have autism. [AJ]
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This study examined the impact of computers on the vocabulary acquisition of young children with autism. Children's attention, motivation and learning of words was compared in a behavioural programme and an educational software programme. Children with autism were more attentive, more motivated, and learned more vocabulary in the computer than in the behavioural programme. Implications are considered for the development of computer software to teach vocabulary to children who have autism. [AJ]
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