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Keywords
Children with disabilities--Education (Preschool); Mainstreaming in education; Preschool children--Attitudes;
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between simulation activities and the attitudes of preschoolers without handicaps toward their peers with handicaps. Data were collected on a pre and post measure with a control and experimental group. Results comparing the two groups were conducted and gender differences investigated. Fourteen youngsters in the control group and 13 youngsters in the experimental group at a public school in a midwestern urban area served as the subjects in this investigation. Once a week for 45 minutes for 7 weeks a simulation activity was conducted by the investigator with youngsters in the experimental group. The activities topics and targeted learner outcomes are listed below. 1. Introduction/Feelings: The students would verbally state three name calling adjectives that make them feel sad when said by another person and three words that make them feel happy when said by another person. 2. Alike/Different: The students would verbally state three ways that they are similar with their peers and three ways that they are different from their peers. The students would see differences as a natural part of being a member of the human family. 3. Drama presentation of "Kids on the Block": The students would draw a picture of an activity that they can do with a peer who has a handicap. 4. Hearing Impairments: The students would verbally describe two alternative forms of communication other then the traditional verbal conversation. 5. Physical Impairments: The students would name three activities that they can do with a peer with physical disabilities. 6. Visual Impairments: The students would verbally state three different alternative devices that would aide a peer with visual impairments. 7. Mental Disabilities: The students would verbally describe three characteristics of a peer with mental disabilities that are common or similar to characteristics of themselves. Differences between the two groups were analyzed using a standard t test. Significant differences between the two groups could be noted at the alpha .000 level. Additionally, differences could be noted with regards to acceptance levels across genders. Males in the experimental group indicated that they would choose to interact less frequently with their peers with handicaps than did their female counterparts. Overall, posttest results indicated positive gains towards individual acceptance for both males and females.
Year of Submission
1991
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education
Department
Department of Special Education
First Advisor
Donna Raschke
Second Advisor
Charles Dedrick
Third Advisor
Anne Cairns Federlein
Date Original
1991
Object Description
1 PDF file (60 leaves)
Copyright
©1991 Roxann M. Dittmer Hull
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hull, Roxann M. Dittmer, "The Effects of Simulation Activities on the Attitudes of Preschoolers Without Handicaps Toward Their Peers With Handicaps" (1991). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 3000.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/3000
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