應用手持裝置提升國中特教班中重度智能障礙學生購物技能之成效

The Effects of Using The Handheld Device to Improve Purchasing Skills for Students with Moderate to Severe Intellectual Disabilities in Junior High School

購物是智能障礙學生獨立生活必備技能之一，使用手持裝置則能讓智障學生能從事適齡活動。經過二十週評估手持裝置介入之成效。應用手持裝置能提升三位國中特教班中重度智能障礙學生之購物技能，增加正確購買指定商品之數量，能提升購買指定商品時之獨立性，有降低需他人口語提示之次數的趨勢。學生、教師及家長皆對手持裝置進行學習有高滿意度，抱持正向態度。教學上可適當利用手持裝置做為教具，以提升智能障礙學生學習成效及動機。

Shopping is one of the skills necessary for students with intellectual disabilities to live independently in the community, and using the handheld device allows students with intellectual disabilities to engage in age-appropriate activities. The purpose was to investigate the effects of using the handheld device to improve purchasing skills for students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities in junior high school. Three students in the special education class of Taipei were recruited. After the twenty-week course of research, an interview questionnaire of using the handheld device to improve in purchasing skillss was used to investigate the learning satisfaction. The results were the application of the handheld device can improve the purchasing skills of the three students and increase the accurate number of the designated purchase and the application of the handheld device can improve the three participants' independence and the frequency of giving verbal prompts of designated purchases is decreasing as well as the students, their parents and teachers have a high degree of satisfaction and hold a positive attitude toward applying the handheld device on learning of purchasing skills. In terms of teaching, handheld devices can be used as teaching aids to enhance effectiveness and motivation for learning.