Journal Article Details
Citation:
Brooks, B.M., Rose, F.D., Atree, E.A., & Elliot-Square, A. (2002). An evaluation of the efficacy of training people with learning disabilities in a virtual environment.
Disability and Rehabilitation, 24
(11),
622-626.
Title:
An evaluation of the efficacy of training people with learning disabilities in a virtual environment
Authors:
Brooks, B.M., Rose, F.D., Atree, E.A., & Elliot-Square, A.
Year:
2002
Journal/Publication:
Disability and Rehabilitation
Publisher:
Informa Healthcare
DOI:
Full text:
Peer-reviewed?
Yes
NIDILRR-funded?
No
Research design:
Quasi-experimental
Structured abstract:
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.
Study sample:
The sample size included 24 catering students with learning disabilities.
Intervention:
The intervention was vocational training in food preparation in the virtual kitchen, real training and using traditional workbook methods.
Control or comparison condition:
Students were their own controls.
Data collection & analysis:
Pre-test, post-test, and improvement scores were collected.
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)
Disabilities served:
Learning disabilities
Populations served:
Gender: Female and Male
Interventions:
Training and technical assistance
Outcomes:
Other