Acquisition and Expansion of Kanji Vocabulary through Computer-Based Teaching in a Student with Mental Retardation : Analysis by Equivalence Relations

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  • 知的障害生徒へのコンピューター支援指導による漢字語彙の獲得と拡張-等価関係による分析
  • Acquisition and Expansion of Kanji Vocabulary through Computer-Based Taeching in a Student with Mental Retardation: Analysis by Equivalence Relations

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The purpose of the present study was to examine whether an arbitrary matching-to-sample procedure with a differential outcome in a computer-based teaching method would be effective for establishing equivalence relations for three stimuli (visual picture, visual kanji word, and spoken word) and for expanding kanji vocabulary for a student with mental retardation. We developed a computer-based teaching program that the student could use without adult assistance. The program allowed the student to make progress in accordance with his present learning level. The results showed that the computer-based teaching developed in the present study was effective for establishing equivalence relations in the student with mental retardation and that the transfer of selection-based responding on the computer to topography-based responding, such as reading and writing with ordinary paper materials, did emerge. The results showed that the use of a daily teaching program in the home setting, in which the student spontaneously used the computer, had a remarkable effect on the student's kanji vocabulary. These results are discussed in terms of the necessary conditions for establishing linguistic skills and the applicability of computer-based teaching in special education.

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