The effectiveness of simultaneous prompting procedure on teaching the skill of opening and watching instructional CD in the computer to students with intellectual disabilities

This study aims to determine whether simultaneous prompting procedure on teaching the skill of opening and watching instructional CD in the computer to the students with intellectual disabilities is effective or not. In addition, It has been also researched that whether this skill will maintaince after 7, 14, 21 and 35 days and whether it would be generalized to different places, time and equipment. Furthermore, the degree of instructive feedback has been studied. Study has been designed according to multiple probe design with probe conditions across subjects that is a type of single subject research model. Three students with intellectual disabilities (2 males and a female) at the age of 15-16 participated to the research. Dependent variable of the study is the skill of opening and watching instructional CD in the computer and independent variable is simultaneous prompting procedure. There are probe, instruction, maintenance, generalization and instructive feedback sessions in the study. Both dependent reliability and independent reliability v data have been collected; ideal reliability coefficient has been defined. Graphical analysis has been used for the analysis of the data of the effectiveness of simultaneous prompting on teaching .Instructive feedback has been shown with a different graphic according to percentage calculation. Results show that simultaneous prompting instruction is effective in teaching the skill of opening and watching instructional CD in the computer to the students with intellectual disabilities. The acquired skill has maintained after 7, 14, 21 and 35 days after the teaching. Generalization of the skill in different places, time and equipment has been achieved. Besides, instructive feedback has been seen in all of the subjects. Key Words: Intellectual disability, simultaneous prompting procedure, using technology, spare time skills, skill of opening and watching instructional CD