An evaluation of the efficacy of training people with learning disabilities in a virtual environment
Authors: | Brouwers, E. P. M., Tiemens, B. G., Terluin, B., & Verhaak, P. F. M. |
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Year Published | 2002 |
Publication | Disability and Rehabilitation |
Volume | 24 |
Number | 11 |
Pages | 622-626 |
Publisher | Informa Healthcare |
Background |
The majority of people with learning disabilities in the United Kingdom do not get the opportunity to work because they are often denied appropriate vocational training. |
Purpose |
To evaluate the efficacy of using a virtual kitchen for vocational training of people with learning disabilities. |
Setting |
The settings were schools for training in catering for individuals with disabilities in the United Kingdom. |
Sample |
The sample size included 24 catering students with learning disabilities. |
Data Collection |
Pre-test, post-test, and improvement scores were collected. |
Control |
Students were their own controls. |
Findings |
Virtual training was found to be as beneficial as really training and more beneficial than workbook training. |
Conclusions |
Vocational students with learning disabilities were able to use the virtual environment and were motivated to learn using this training method. Depending on the task being trained, virtual training had a more beneficial effect on real task performance than workbook training, even when the virtual kitchen was not modeled on the real training kitchen. (p. 622) |
URL | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12182802 |
Disabilities | Specific learning disabilities |
Populations | Male & Female |
Outcomes | Other |
NIDILRR Funded | No |
Research Design | Single group |
Peer Reviewed | Yes |