Virtual Teacher and Classroom for Assessment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
نویسنده
چکیده
Differential diagnosis and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders that impact the brain’s frontostriatal system require assessments that can differentiate the overlapping symptoms. Previous research has most often relied on paper-and-pencil as well as computerized psychometric tests of executive functions. Although these approaches provide highly systematic control and delivery of performance challenges, they have also been criticized as limited in the area of ecological validity. A possible answer to the problems of ecological validity in assessment of executive functioning in HFA children is to immerse the child in a virtual classroom environment where s/he interacts with a virtual human teacher.
منابع مشابه
Bringing Classroom-Based Assessment into the EFL classroom
This paper describes how English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers can bring reliable, valid, user-friendly assessment into their classrooms, and thus improve the quality of learning that occurs there. Based on the experience of the author as a an EFL teacher and teacher-trainer, it is suggested that the promotion and development of autonomy, intrinsic motivation...
متن کامل“I’m Afraid to Ask the Teacher a Question”: Young Learners’ Voices in the Primary Classroom
This study sets as its purpose to explore Young Learners’ (YLs) channels to voice their perspectives on English language classroom-based assessment, schooling, and school experiences. Qualitative research design was used to collect data through focus group interview from 42 participants drawn from English-medium primary schools. Their selection was by purposive sampling from 7 schools...
متن کاملExplaining the Views and Experiences of E-teacher and E-learners about Virtual Education in Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
Introduction: Despite the fact that virtual education has been launched for a short time in medical sciences universities, especially Shahid Sadoughi University of Yazd, it is on initial steps. There is still no information available on the possible effects of this course so that we cannot identify the potential obstacles or problems or use its benefits in efficient way. In the present study, t...
متن کاملUsing Robotic Tele-embodiment to Distance Learning
Distance Learning brings a new concept of classroom: the virtual classroom, where students and teachers physically distant are gathered on the WEB. One of the possible tools for communication among people in a virtual classroom is the teleconference, where students are passive and cannot interact directly to the teacher. In this paper, we propose the use of telerobotics to immerse students in a...
متن کاملComparing Teacher-, Peer-, and Self-Assessment for Vocabulary Learning
The present study was an attempt to investigate the comparative effect of teacher-, peer-, andself-assessment on EFL learners’ vocabulary achievement. Accordingly, 90 female Englishlanguage learners selected out of an initial 140 intermediate EFL learners based on theirperformance on a sample piloted PET took part in the study. All three groups were taught bythe same teacher using the same cour...
متن کامل