A Study about the Effectiveness of Using the Mobile Instant Messaging Application to Enhance Communication Skills of Elementary School Children with Mental Retardation

• Main Authors: CHANG, WEN-LING, 張紋菱
• Other Authors: WU, MING-KUO
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/uy5x8d

碩士 === 康寧大學 === 數位應用研究所 === 106 === In this study, we cope with the plans designed for enhancing communication skills of children with mental retardation by explorung the impacts of using mobile instant messaging application on communication skills of our study subjects. The single-subject, multiple-baseline, across-behaviors design is conducted for 14 weeks, which is divided into three phases, the baseline (three weeks), intervention (eight weeks), and maintenance ( three weeks). By applying the method of visual analysis, C statistical analysis, and effect size analysis on observed data, the study focuses on the effectiveness of using mobile instant messaging application. This is the essential way for our study evaluating our subjects’ communication skills. The interviews of family and teachers for the post-processing of social validity are also taken into concern. We have following conclusions about using mobile instant messaging application:1.It effectively enhances the ability to communicate actively;2.It does maintain the frequency of communication behaviors;3.It enhances communication skills and motivation, as well as for improving andmaintaining the effect.