EVALUATING VIRTUAL REALITY INSTRUCTION FOR AUTISM

描述：该项目的广泛的长期目标是发展 自闭症儿童的虚拟现实教学辅助工具和文件 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，可用于 2）展示系统的教学潜力， 3）识别环境中常见物体的口语名称; 证明在虚拟世界中学习的剧照[原文如此]是 推广到真实的世界。 由虚拟现实提供的学习环境控制可以允许 改善对残疾人的技能培训和交流援助 智力迟钝和发育障碍，交流障碍， 和其他精神疾病。 研究设计及实现方法 目标是：（1）学校系统中被诊断为 （2）将选择低成本的虚拟现实系统， 从现成的设备构建，（3）软件将被设计， 编码和测试，以利用虚拟现实提供的独特功能， 治疗，如控制输入和反馈的儿童的行动， (4)这个教学计划将使用n，多基线测试 跨学科设计，用泛化探针测试 概念实例间的泛化和真实的泛化 教室里的世界物体。

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.