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ERIC Number: EJ749697
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 8
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0001-8449
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Evaluating "Baby Think It Over" Infant Simulators: A Comparison Group Study
Barnett, Jerrold E.
Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, v41 n161 p103 Spr 2006
To test the efficacy of Baby-Think-It-Over (BTIO) infant simulators, two versions of a sexuality education program were compared. While the program was designed to include BTIO as an important teaching technique, two schools (49 students) opted not to use them. These students completed all elements of the program except the BTIO activities. Their results were compared to students from three similar, neighboring schools that completed the regular program (including BTIO). Knowledge about sex, attitudes toward teen sex, parent-adolescent communication, and sexual behavior were measured on self-report instruments at the beginning and end of the three-week program. No significant differences were found between the two groups on any of the four measures on the pretest or posttest. This study and similar recent reports call into question the educational value of expensive infant simulators. (Contains 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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