HACETTEPE UNIVERSITESI EGITIM FAKULTESI DERGISI-HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, sa.41, ss.94-111, 2011 (SSCI)
This study focuses on, the efficiency of the teaching material for the skill of getting on the bus developed for visually disabled people. Three 8th grade students from the Ankara province Mitat Enc Elementary School for Visually Disabled, who are visually disabled and go to school by the school bus, participated in the study in the 2007-2008 school year. The dependent variable is the level of students getting on the municipality bus and the independent variable is "the teaching materials for the skill of getting on the bus presented with the simultaneous hint teaching method". In this study, the multiple probe design across subject used. Each teaching session was organized in a way that the researcher applie a skill step to the student by providing physical prompt (by performing together with the student).In conclusion, the teaching material for the skill of getting on the bus was effective in enabling the subjects to get on the bus and go home independently, and gave the impression that it was a socially valid program.