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Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research 2025, Vol. 20(1) 61-83

Comparison of Model-Lead-Test and Video-Modeling in Teaching Digital Citizenship Skills to Individuals with Intellectual Disability

Funda Ulugöl, Sezgin Vuran

pp. 61 - 83   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2025.1297.3

Publish Date: March 31, 2025  |   Single/Total View: 8/3   |   Single/Total Download: 9/4


Abstract

This study aimed to compare the effectiveness and efficiency of the model-lead-test (MLT) and video modeling (VM) methods in teaching individuals with ID how to access and use the services provided by the Turkish state in digital environments. Four individuals participated in the study, in which the adapted alternating treatments design, one of the single-subject research designs, was used. Both methods were effective in ensuring that participants acquired digital citizenship skills. The findings showed that both interventions were equally effective for three participants and VM was slightly more effective for one participant. MLT was more efficient for all participants in terms of the number of sessions and the duration of instruction. It was recorded that non-targeted information presentation regarding digital citizenship elements increased participants’ knowledge levels. The participants and their parents expressed positive opinions about the study’s social validity.

Keywords: intellectual disability, mobile application, digital citizenship, video modeling, model-lead-test


How to Cite this Article?

APA 7th edition
Ulugol, F., & Vuran, S. (2025). Comparison of Model-Lead-Test and Video-Modeling in Teaching Digital Citizenship Skills to Individuals with Intellectual Disability. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 20(1), 61-83. https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2025.1297.3

Harvard
Ulugol, F. and Vuran, S. (2025). Comparison of Model-Lead-Test and Video-Modeling in Teaching Digital Citizenship Skills to Individuals with Intellectual Disability. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 20(1), pp. 61-83.

Chicago 16th edition
Ulugol, Funda and Sezgin Vuran (2025). "Comparison of Model-Lead-Test and Video-Modeling in Teaching Digital Citizenship Skills to Individuals with Intellectual Disability". Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research 20 (1):61-83. https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2025.1297.3

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