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Spiel, Craig F.; Evans, Steven W.; Langberg, Joshua M. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2014
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the degree with which Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and 504 Plans prepared for middle school students with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) conformed to best practices and included evidence-based services. Specifically, we examined the problem areas identified in the statement of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Program Content, Program Evaluation, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Lingo, Amy Shearer – Education and Treatment of Children, 2014
This study evaluated the effectiveness of high school tutors' implementation of "Great Leaps Reading" (Campbell, 1998), a reading fluency supplementary instructional program. The program consists of three sections: phonics, sight word phrases, and story passages. Daily 15-minute tutoring sessions involved repeated 1-minute timings of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Tutoring, High School Students
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Hepburn, Susan L.; Blakeley-Smith, Audrey; Wolff, Brian; Reaven, Judy A. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Youth with autism spectrum disorders frequently experience significant symptoms of anxiety. Empirically supported psychosocial interventions exist, yet access is limited, especially for families in rural areas. Telehealth (i.e. videoconferencing) has potential to reduce barriers to access to care; however, little is known about the feasibility or…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Health Promotion
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Block, Heidi M.; Radley, Keith C.; Jenson, William R.; Clark, Elaine; O'Neill, Robert E. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2015
The current study evaluated the effectiveness of Superheroes Social Skills, a multimedia social skills package, in improving social responsiveness and social initiation behaviors of four elementary school children with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The program was implemented in a public school setting in the southwestern United States for…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Social Development, Child Behavior
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Lopata, Christopher; Toomey, Jennifer A.; Thomeer, Marcus L.; McDonald, Christin A.; Fox, Jeffery D.; Smith, Rachael A.; Meichenbaum, David L.; Volker, Martin A.; Lee, Gloria K.; Lipinski, Alanna M. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2015
This community effectiveness trial examined the feasibility and efficacy of a comprehensive psychosocial treatment for 28 children, aged 7 to 10 years with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (HFASDs). Treatment included instruction and therapeutic activities targeting social skills, face-emotion recognition skills, interest expansion, and…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Adelson, Jill L.; Kelcey, Benjamin – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2016
In this commentary of "Evaluating the Gifted Program of an Urban School District Using a Modified Regression Discontinuity Design" by Davis, Engberg, Epple, Sieg, and Zimmer, we examine the background of the study, critique the methods used, and discuss the results and implications. The study used a fuzzy regression discontinuity design…
Descriptors: Special Education, Gifted, Program Evaluation, Regression (Statistics)
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Hughes, Carolyn; Bernstein, Rebekah T.; Kaplan, Lauren M.; Reilly, Caitlin M.; Brigham, Nicolette L.; Cosgriff, Joseph C.; Boykin, Michaela P. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2013
Self-prompted communication books were used in combination with conversational peer orientation to increase conversational interactions of verbal high school students with autism or autistic-like behavior with their peers without disabilities. Previous investigators have used communication books only with students with autism or intellectual…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, High School Students, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Pennington, Robert C.; Foreman, Lindsay Hugg; Gurney, Beth Newberry – Remedial and Special Education, 2018
In the current study, we investigated the effects of an instructional package (i.e., response prompting, sentence frames) on sentence writing for three middle school participants (ages 12-13) with moderate to severe disabilities. We employed a multiple probe across behaviors design to evaluate the efficacy of the intervention package and also used…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Intervention, Sentences, Writing Skills
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Mechling, Linda C.; Ayres, Kevin M.; Bryant, Kathryn J.; Foster, Ashley L. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
The current study evaluated a relatively new video-based procedure, continuous video modeling (CVM), to teach multi-step cleaning tasks to high school students with moderate intellectual disability. CVM in contrast to video modeling and video prompting allows repetition of the video model (looping) as many times as needed while the user completes…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, High School Students, Moderate Mental Retardation, Daily Living Skills
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Cao, Thuy Hong; Jung, Jae Yup; Lee, Jihyun – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2017
Assessment is a crucial component of gifted education. Not only does it facilitate the recognition of the potential and specific needs of gifted students, it also monitors the progress and growth of gifted students, and allows for the evaluation of gifted education programs. In the present review, we synthesize the literature on assessment in…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Talent
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Fetterman, David M. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1986
This article presents a study of a program in Peoria, Illinois, for the gifted and talented that serves as a national test case for gifted education and minority enrollment. It was concluded that referral, identification, and selection were appropriate for the program model but that inequalities resulted from socioeconomic variables. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Black Students, Elementary Education, Equal Education
Antill, Ellen; Speidel, Gisela E. – 1977
This report presents the results of various standardized measures administered to Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) students and control students in the school year 1975-1976. In contrast to previous comparisons, KEEP employed more rigorous procedures for the selection of the control students and for the conditions of test administration.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Demonstration Programs
Peters, H. D. – Saskatchewan Journal of Educational Research and Development, 1975
Article evaluated the weaknesses in the WISC because it is used to make far reaching decisions about the educational programs of children. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Measurement Instruments, Perception, Program Evaluation
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Saccuzzo, Dennis P.; Johnson, Nancy E. – Psychological Assessment, 1995
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and Standard Raven Progressive Matrices (SPM) results from 26,300 children from differing ethnic backgrounds showed that it was possible to approach proportionate representation in the referral process, but not to achieve it in the selection process for either the WISC-R or the SPM. (SLD)
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Ethnic Groups, Intelligence, Intelligence Tests
Saslaw, Milton S. – 1968
In the program "Motivation in Depth for Gifted High School Science Students" initiated in 1964, specially selected seventh grade students took in successive summers Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), Chemical Education Materials Study, (CHEMS), and Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) courses; a newly designed course,…
Descriptors: Achievement, Career Choice, Careers, Course Evaluation
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