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Comparing a Playful Interactive Product to Watching Television: An Exploratory Study for People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
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Embregts, Petri J. C. M.; van Oorsouw, Wietske M. W. J.; Wintels, Sophie C.; van Delden, Robby W.; Evers, Vanessa; Reidsma, Dennis – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2020
Background: New technologies could broaden activities for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). This study compared watching television with a newly-developed interactive ball. Method: The ball responded with sounds, lights, and wiggling to the player's voice and movements. Five control sessions (watching television)…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Manipulative Materials, Interaction, Television Viewing
Evaluating a Staff Training Program on the Interaction between Staff and People with Intellectual Disability and Challenging Behaviour: An Observational Study
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Embregts, Petri J. C. M.; Zijlmans, Linda J. M.; Gerits, Linda; Bosman, Anna M. T. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2019
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a training program focusing on improvement of emotional intelligence (EI) and support staffs' awareness of their behaviour towards people with an intellectual disability based on interactional patterns. The support provided regarding the needs for autonomy, relatedness, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Intellectual Disability
Learner Affect in Computerised L2 Oral Grammar Practice with Corrective Feedback
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Bodnar, Stephen; Cucchiarini, Catia; Penning de Vries, Bart; Strik, Helmer; van Hout, Roeland – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2017
Although corrective feedback (CF) has received much interest in the second language acquisition literature, relatively little research has investigated the relationship between CF and learner affect in concrete practice situations. The present study investigates learners' affective states and practice behaviour in a novel context: oral grammar…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Teaching Methods, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning
Intervening on Affective Involvement and Expression of Emotions in an Adult with Congenital Deafblindness
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Martens, Marga A. W.; Janssen, Marleen J.; Ruijssenaars, Wied A. J. J. M.; Huisman, Mark; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2014
This study examined the effects of a 20-week intervention to foster affective involvement during interaction and communication between an adult with congenital deafblindness (CDB) and his caregivers in a group home and a daytime activities center. Using a single-subject design, we examined whether the intervention increased affective involvement…
Descriptors: Adults, Deaf Blind, Congenital Impairments, Intervention
A Digital Coach That Provides Affective and Social Learning Support to Low-Literate Learners
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Schouten, Dylan G. M.; Venneker, Fleur; Bosse, Tibor; Neerincx, Mark A.; Cremers, Anita H. M. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2018
In this study, we investigate if a digital coach for low-literate learners that provides cognitive learning support based on scaffolding can be improved by adding affective learning support based on motivational interviewing, and social learning support based on small talk. Several knowledge gaps are identified: motivational interviewing and small…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Electronic Learning, Program Design
Solidarity and Conflict between Adult Children and Parents: A Latent Class Analysis
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van Gaalen, Ruben I.; Dykstra, Pearl A. – Journal of Marriage and Family, 2006
Using multiple dimensions of solidarity and conflict in a latent class analysis, we develop a typology of adult child-parent relationships. The data (N = 4,990) are from the first wave of the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study. In descending order of relationship quality, the 5 types are harmonious (akin to relationships with friends), ambivalent…
Descriptors: Classification, Parent Child Relationship, Affective Behavior, Gender Differences