Using a Video-Enhanced Intervention Package to Teach Science Practices and Extended Oral Scientific Skills to...

Area of Science:

• STEM Education
• Special Education
• Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Background:

• Current STEM education for students with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) often neglects science practices and oral scientific skills.
• Focus has been primarily on vocabulary and content knowledge acquisition.

Purpose of the Study:

• To examine the efficacy of a video-enhanced intervention package.
• To teach science practices and extended oral scientific skills to students with NDD.

Main Methods:

• Employed a single-case research design.
• Intervention involved a video-enhanced package.
• Measured scientific utterances, mean utterance length, and scientific word use via event recording.

Main Results:

• The intervention package was effective in teaching science practice skills.
• Significant improvements were observed in extended oral scientific skills.
• Students demonstrated increased use of scientific vocabulary and longer utterances.

Conclusions:

• Video-enhanced interventions are effective for teaching science practices to students with NDD.
• Addresses a gap in focusing on practical and oral skills in STEM education for this population.
• Results provide implications for educational practices and future research in inclusive STEM education.