EVALUATING VIRTUAL REALITY INSTRUCTION FOR AUTISM

描述：该项目广泛的长期目标是开发 一种适用于自闭症儿童的虚拟现实教学辅助工具 功效。具体目标是：1)建立一个低成本的原型 商业上可行的虚拟现实系统，可以用于 课堂，2)展示该系统的教学潜力 识别环境中常见对象的口述名称，3) 证明在虚拟世界中学习的剧照[原文如此]是 推广到现实世界。 由虚拟现实提供的学习环境控制可以允许 为有以下问题的个人提供改进的技能培训和沟通帮助 智力低下和发育障碍，沟通障碍， 和其他精神障碍。研究设计与实现方法 目标是：(1)学校系统中已确诊的儿童 将选择患有自闭症的人，(2)将选择低成本的虚拟现实系统 由现成的设备构建，(3)将设计软件， 编码和测试以利用虚拟现实提供的独特功能 治疗，如儿童行为的受控输入和反馈， (4)此教学计划将使用n，多个基线进行测试 跨主题设计，使用泛化探头测试 跨概念实例的泛化和实数的泛化 教室里的世界物件。

DESCRIPTION: The broad long term objectives of the project are to develop a virtual reality instructional aid for children with autism and document efficacy. The specific aims are: 1) build a prototype of a low cost commercially feasible virtual reality system that can be used in the classroom, 2) demonstrate the system's instructional potential to recognize the spoken names for common objects in their environment, 3) demonstrate that stills [sic] learned in the virtual world are generalized to the real world. The learning environment control afforded by virtual reality may allow improved skill training and communication assistance for individuals with mental retardation and developmental disorders, communication disorders, and other mental disorders. The research design and methods for achieving the goals are: (1) Children in the school system who have been diagnosed with autism will be chosen, (2) A low cost virtual reality system will be constructed from off-the-shelf equipment, (3) Software will be designed, coded, and tested to utilize unique features provided by virtual reality treatment, such as controlled input and feedback of the child's actions, (4) This instructional program will be tested using n, multiple baseline across subjects design, with generalization probes testing for generalization across instances of a concept and generalization to real world objects in the classroom.