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TABLE 1<br />

Student Characteristics<br />

Student<br />

Method<br />

Participants<br />

Chr<strong>on</strong>ological<br />

Age Ethnicity IQ<br />

Brittany 12 Caucasian 72 a<br />

Rose 13 Caucasian 61 a<br />

Wes 12 African American 63 a<br />

a WISC-IV.<br />

b GAC<br />

c ABAS-II<br />

d Test Scores unavailable; score given is a teacher estimate<br />

e Woodcock-Johns<strong>on</strong><br />

Three sixth grade students with mild intellectual<br />

disabilities served as participants for this<br />

study. Brittany, Rose, <strong>and</strong> Wes were nominated<br />

by their teacher for participati<strong>on</strong> in the<br />

study based <strong>on</strong> the following: (a) willingness<br />

to participate, (b) level of cognitive functi<strong>on</strong>ing<br />

within the mild range of intellectual disabilities,<br />

(c) no sensory deficits, (d) limited, or<br />

no experience cooking, <strong>and</strong> (e) successful<br />

completi<strong>on</strong> of a pre-training program. Two of<br />

the participants were Caucasian <strong>and</strong> <strong>on</strong>e was<br />

African American <strong>and</strong> all participants spent<br />

approximately 80% of their time in a special<br />

educati<strong>on</strong> setting for students with mild intellectual<br />

disabilities <strong>and</strong> 20% of their time in<br />

general educati<strong>on</strong>, largely for elective courses<br />

(i.e., physical educati<strong>on</strong>). All participants<br />

spoke English as their first language. Intelligence,<br />

adaptive behavior ratings, <strong>and</strong> reading<br />

<strong>and</strong> math levels were obtained from the<br />

teacher. Table 1 provides a summary for each<br />

participant.<br />

Brittany. Brittany was a 12 year-old sixthgrade<br />

female with a mild intellectual disability.<br />

Brittany had limited previous cooking experience<br />

at home <strong>and</strong> no previous cooking<br />

experience at school. Additi<strong>on</strong>ally, Brittany<br />

reported she did not have previous experience<br />

using an iPod. Despite her limited cooking<br />

experience, Brittany expressed interest in<br />

using an iPod to learn how to make new recipes.<br />

Rose. Rose was a 13 year-old sixth-grade<br />

female with a mild intellectual disability. Rose<br />

reported she had limited previous cooking<br />

experience at home, <strong>and</strong> Rose’s special educati<strong>on</strong><br />

teacher indicated she did not have previous<br />

cooking experience at school. Additi<strong>on</strong>ally,<br />

Rose reported she did not have previous<br />

experience using an iPod, but she did have<br />

experience using another br<strong>and</strong> of MP3<br />

player <strong>and</strong> thought it was easy to use. Rose was<br />

also interested in learning how to cook <strong>and</strong><br />

making new recipes using videos although she<br />

lacked prior experience with these types of<br />

activities.<br />

Wes. Wes was a 12 year-old sixth-grade<br />

male with a mild intellectual disability. Wes<br />

reported his parents did not typically allow<br />

him to cook at home. Wes’ teacher indicated<br />

he did not have previous cooking experience<br />

at school. Wes also indicated he had no previous<br />

experience using an iPod, though he did<br />

state that he was good at “figuring out computers<br />

<strong>and</strong> a lot of stuff.” Similar to Brittany<br />

<strong>and</strong> Rose, Wes expressed an interest in using<br />

an iPod to learn how to cook.<br />

Setting<br />

Adaptive<br />

Behavior Reading Math<br />

44 b<br />

77 c<br />

88 b<br />

4.5 th grade d<br />

83 e<br />

87 e<br />

4.5 th grade d<br />

45 e<br />

70 e<br />

All cooking activities took place in the participants’<br />

special educati<strong>on</strong> classroom. Up<strong>on</strong> entering<br />

the classroom there was a small area<br />

(approximately <strong>on</strong>e-fourth of the classroom)<br />

with three sinks, a counter, cooking appliances<br />

(i.e., toaster oven, toaster, blender, <strong>and</strong><br />

microwave), <strong>and</strong> a refrigerator. Additi<strong>on</strong>ally, a<br />

round table with six chairs was present for<br />

502 / Educati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> Training in <strong>Autism</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Developmental</strong> <strong>Disabilities</strong>-December 2011

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