The Use of an Autonomous Pedagogical Agent and Automatic Speech Recognition for Teaching Sight Words to Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder

Mohammad Nasser Saadatzi, Robert C. Pennington, Karla C. Welch, James H. Graham, Renee E. Scott

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Abstract

In the current study, we examined the effects of an instructional package comprised of an autonomous pedagogical agent, automatic speech recognition, and constant time delay during the instruction of reading sight words aloud to young adults with autism spectrum disorder. We used a concurrent multiple baseline across participants design to evaluate the efficacy of intervention and conducted post-treatment probes to assess maintenance and generalization. Our findings suggest that all three participants acquired and maintained new sight words and demonstrated generalized responding.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)173-183
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Special Education Technology
Volume32
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1 2017

Bibliographical note

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Funding

The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant BRIGE-1228027.

FundersFunder number
National Science Foundation Arctic Social Science ProgramBRIGE-1228027

    Keywords

    • applied behavior analysis
    • autism
    • CAI
    • content/curriculum area
    • exceptionality
    • instructional/policy perspectives
    • methodologies
    • pedagogical agents
    • reading
    • technology perspectives
    • technology perspectives
    • virtual reality

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Education
    • Computer Science Applications

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