The Effects of Direct Instruction on Sexuality Education for Junior High School Students with Intellectual Disabilities

• Main Authors: Hsiao-Li Hsu, 許筱莉
• Other Authors: Jung-Chang Tang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/35524458041116688018

碩士 === 國立嘉義大學 === 特殊教育學系研究所 === 102 === The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of direct instruction on sexuality education for junior high school students with intellectual disabilities The method to carry out this study was using multiple probe design across subjects, the subjects were two intellectual Disabilities students in self-contained special education Class from one junior high school located in Yunlin county. The independent variable of the study was direct instruction, the teaching process consists of the following units: “physiology of sex”, “hygiene of sex”, and “self protection”, the dependent variable was the two participants’ learning performance on every single sexuality education unit. The teaching intervention has lasted for four weeks , four periods a week , fifteen Sexuality Education classes in total. After completing the teaching intervention section, the following two weeks were entering the maintenance stage. It took the maintenance achievement tests two times during the section. The evaluation tools designed by researcher, it contains the three rating scales. The model was used to evaluate the students’ learning performance during the three teaching units on the different research stage. Furthermore, by taking advantage of visual analysis, it conducted the analysis results according to the evaluation data to make sure the effects on the teaching intervention. The results of the research as the following: 1. Direct Instruction could help the junior high students with mental retardation perform better on the evaluation test of “physiology of sex” and maintained effective 2. Direct Instruction could help the junior high students with mental retardation perform better on the evaluation test of “hygiene of sex” and maintained effective. 3. Direct Instruction could help the junior high students with mental retardation perform better on the evaluation test of “self protection” and maintained effective.