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Facilitating Children's Learning of Dynamic Display AAC Devices: The Effect of Two Instructional Methods on the Performance of 6- and 7-year-olds with Typical Development Using a Dual-Screen Prototype
Informa Healthcare (2010)
  • Wendy Quach, San Jose State University
  • David Beukelman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Abstract

This study compared the operation of a dynamic-display AAC device in two instructional conditions: corrective feedback (CF) and dual-screen guidance (DSG). In the CF condition prompts/feedback were provided for incorrect responses; the DSG condition used errorless guided instruction only. Twenty-one children with typical development – ten 6-year-olds and 11 7-year-olds – were randomly assigned to one instructional condition and completed five sessions: three learning/testing, one generalization, and one maintenance. The children were required to reproduce visual sentence stimuli on the AAC device. Differences were found in accuracy and efficiency of 6- and 7-year-olds. The 7-year-olds were more accurate and quicker than the 6-year-olds. Differences due to instructional condition were observed for 6-year-olds only. All children generalized and maintained learning. Read More: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/07434610903561068

Keywords
  • AAC,
  • Dual screen,
  • Errorless learning,
  • Operational competence,
  • Instruction,
  • Children
Publication Date
2010
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Citation Information
Wendy Quach and David Beukelman. "Facilitating Children's Learning of Dynamic Display AAC Devices: The Effect of Two Instructional Methods on the Performance of 6- and 7-year-olds with Typical Development Using a Dual-Screen Prototype" Informa Healthcare Vol. 26 Iss. 1 (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/wendy_quach/6/