Do iPad Applications Help Students with Developmental Disabilities Improve Life-Readiness Skills?

Autor/inn/en	Dunn, Michael; Barrio, Brenda; Hsiao, Yun-Ju
Titel	Do iPad Applications Help Students with Developmental Disabilities Improve Life-Readiness Skills?
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Action Research, 17 (2016) 1, S.51-75 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1925-7147
Schlagwörter	Handheld Devices; Assistive Technology; Developmental Disabilities; Daily Living Skills; Computer Oriented Programs; Secondary School Students; High School Graduates; Action Research; Common Core State Standards; College Readiness; Career Readiness; Outcomes of Education; Technology Uses in Education; Statistical Analysis; Rating Scales; Scores; Qualitative Research; Observation; Interviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entwicklungsstörung; Alltagsfertigkeit; Computerprogramm; Sekundarschüler; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Projektforschung; Common core curriculum; Curriculum; Kerncurriculum; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Statistische Analyse; Rating-Skala; Qualitative Forschung; Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Students with developmental disabilities often struggle with life-readiness skills (e.g., literacy skills such as reading and writing, task completion, and communication), which also help prepare students for the workplace. Assistive technology tools offer these students a means to do better in these areas. In this action-research study, we provided students with developmental disabilities (N = 9) who were transitioning out of secondary school with iPad applications (apps) that could help them improve their life-readiness skills. The Common Core State Standards' overall objective is students' college and career readiness by the end of secondary school. While collecting qualitative and quantitative data across the 2012-2013 academic years, a group of educators worked with the students and their parents to help them learn and apply the iPad apps for life-readiness skills. The results indicated that all students improved in life-readiness skills. Ideas for future research as well as limitations of this study are also discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01