The effects of using MCAI on the skills of managing money for elementary school students with mental retardation disorder retardation

• Main Authors: Yin Jhen Chan, 詹蔭禎
• Other Authors: Chen Tang Hou
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/94752963992117408473

碩士 === 國立臺中教育大學 === 特殊教育學系碩士在職專班 === 98 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of using MCAI to train the skills of managing money for elementary school students with mild Moderate retardation. Three subjects were 9 to 10 years old elementary school students with moderate mental retardation. The multiple-probe across behavior design was used in this study. The independent variable was computer multimedia teaching and the dependent variable were the percents of correct response of managing money. Data were collected on the three subjects during baseline, intervention, maintenance and generalization phases . The MCAI program lasted for consecutive 9 weeks and it was conducted 3 times a week. Visual analysis and the C statistic were used in this study in order to analyze the effects of using MCAI to train the skills of managing money for elementary school students with moderate mental retardation. The social validity analysis was also supplemented by interviewing parents. Results of this study were summarized as followings: 1.The MCAI program is effective on the acquisition of managing money skills for the Elementary School Students with moderate mental retardation 2.The MCAI program is also effective in maintaining managing money skills on three of subjects 3.The MCAI program is effective in generalizing managing money skills on three of subjects. 4.Interviews with three parents have indicated that this research has a high social validity. According to results, discussions and limitations of this study, as well as some recommendations for the teaching and further studies were made.