ERIC Number: EJ1469442
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jun
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-6434
EISSN: EISSN-2381-3121
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Enhancing Independence: Non-Immersive Virtual Reality for Teaching Cooking Skills to High School Students with Intellectual Disability
Journal of Special Education Technology, v40 n2 p252-265 2025
Virtual reality (VR) is a promising avenue to enhance the independence and daily living skills of high school students with intellectual disability. This study investigated the efficacy of a non-immersive VR focused on teaching food preparation skills to secondary students with intellectual disability. Three high school students with intellectual disability participated in a multiple probe across participants single case design study, in which they engaged with non-immersive VR to learn to cook a grilled cheese sandwich on a stove. Researchers found students improved their accuracy with cooking a grilled cheese sandwich on a stove following intervention as measured by task analysis steps on a delayed probe. Students also maintained high levels of accuracy after the intervention ended. Researchers determined non-immersive VR an effective and efficient intervention for secondary students with intellectual disability learning daily living skills.
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Cooking Instruction, High School Students, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Program Effectiveness, Maintenance, Generalization
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1CEPSE, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; 2TE- Elementary Early Childhood & Special Education, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI, USA; 3Psychology and Counseling, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, USA