Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States.
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States.
Res Dev Disabil. 2021 May;112:103913. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2021.103913. Epub 2021 Feb 21.
Providing emergent literacy intervention and assessing outcomes for children with low-incidence, complex disabilities with concomitant physical, cognitive, sensory, and communication impairments presents a significant challenge to researchers, educators, clinicians, and families alike.
This study aimed to leverage advancements in commercially available eyetracking technologies to measure visual attention to print before and after a parentmediated print referencing intervention with a child with a severe, low incidence, congenital disability. Print referencing means drawing attention to the print on the page while reading.
The single case study investigated a mother-daughter dyad who completed the protocol using eye-gaze technology, digital children's books, and a computer configured with software for observing and recording interactions that were shipped to the family's home and set up by the mother with remote support from a researcher.
Results demonstrate that the eye-tracker successfully captured the participant's eye-gaze. Furthermore, mean-level shifts in frequency of fixations demonstrates changes in visual attention to print after the parent introduced the print referencing strategy during reading.
Commercially available eye-trackers and digital libraries were successfully used by the parent-child dyad to record visual attention. Furthermore, remote support from a trained researcher was sufficient to support the parent through set-up, calibration, intervention, and implementation.
为患有罕见、复杂残疾的儿童提供紧急读写干预，并评估其结果，这些儿童伴有身体、认知、感官和沟通方面的障碍，这对研究人员、教育工作者、临床医生和家庭来说都是一个巨大的挑战。
本研究旨在利用商业上可用的眼动追踪技术，在对患有严重、罕见、先天性残疾的儿童进行家长介导的印刷品参照干预之前和之后，测量其对印刷品的视觉注意力。印刷品参照是指在阅读时将注意力吸引到页面上的印刷品上。
本单案例研究调查了一对母女，她们使用眼动技术、数字儿童书籍和一台配置有观察和记录互动软件的计算机完成了该方案，这些设备被运送到家庭，并由母亲在研究人员的远程支持下进行设置。
结果表明，眼动追踪器成功地捕捉到了参与者的眼动。此外，注视次数的平均水平变化表明，在阅读过程中，家长引入印刷品参照策略后，对印刷品的视觉注意力发生了变化。
家长和孩子可以成功地使用商业上可用的眼动追踪器和数字图书馆来记录视觉注意力。此外，经过培训的研究人员的远程支持足以在设置、校准、干预和实施过程中为家长提供支持。
