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Burt, Clark; Graham, Lorraine; Hoang, Thuong – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
Students with mild intellectual disabilities need explicit vocabulary instruction with multiple exposures in different contexts and extra practice in associating meanings to unfamiliar words to build their word knowledge. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of multimedia-based computer assisted instruction on learning the meanings…
Descriptors: Mild Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities, Vocabulary Development, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Haley Tancredi; Linda J. Graham; Callula Killingly – Australian Educational Researcher, 2025
The study of English is compulsory throughout all 13 years of schooling in Australia and, while there are differentiated options in the senior years of school, these do not have the same parity of esteem nor transactional value. Previous research has identified patterns of enrolment in high versus low-status subjects, reflecting differential…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Attention, Foreign Countries, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Nuari, Laila Fatika; Prahmana, Charitas Indra; Fatmawati, Irma – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2019
This study aims to look at tenth-grade a mental retardation student in solving the problem of a division operation. The method used is Single Subject Research (SSR) with learning outcomes as variables that are measured and describe student learning activities in solving problems using Math GASING. The data collection technique is done by video…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 10, Intellectual Disability, Mathematics Skills
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Daniel, Johny; Capin, Philip; Steinle, Paul – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
A majority of reading-related intervention studies aiming to remediate struggling readers' reading outcomes assess student performance immediately following the conclusion of an intervention to determine intervention effects. Few studies collect follow-up data to measure the long-term sustainability of treatment effects. Hence, the aim of the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Remedial Reading, Reading Difficulties, Program Effectiveness
Rosenblum, L. Penny; Zebehazy, Kim T.; Gage, Nicholas; Beal, Carole R. – Grantee Submission, 2021
Introduction: Participants' perspectives are valuable in evaluating the effectiveness of an intervention. Methods: Interviews were conducted with teachers of students with visual impairments and students who completed an intervention designed to build graphics literacy skills. Results: Six themes were identified with corresponding subthemes. The…
Descriptors: Intervention, Visual Impairments, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Maniccia, Angelo – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Many special education (SPED) students are failing the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test (OSSLT) despite writing instruction provided by SPED teachers. The purpose of this study was to understand teachers' perceptions about why students were failing the literacy/writing test and document whether evidence-based assessment and writing practices…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Writing Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
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Kiely, Mary Theresa – Exceptionality Education International, 2018
Teaching writing well poses several challenges in today's diverse classrooms. Despite a growing research base on teaching writing, outcomes for students with disabilities in secondary schools continue to be disappointing. Research in the naturalistic tradition that would help educators understand the knowledge and beliefs that influence teachers'…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Writing Instruction, Disabilities, Secondary School Teachers
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Ray, Amber B.; Graham, Steve; Liu, Xinghua – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
Strategies instruction has improved the writing of high school struggling writers in previous studies, including students with disabilities. This study examined the effectiveness of argumentative writing instruction for the ACT writing exam using the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) model with high school students with disabilities or…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Teaching Methods, High School Students, Students with Disabilities
Edmunds, Julie A.; Grebing, Eric M.; Coyle, Victoria C.; Rosof, Laura; Henson, Bob A.; Cardwell, Ramsey – SERVE Center at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2021
The College and Career Readiness Expansion project was a five-year, federally funded effort to implement early college strategies in comprehensive high schools. This report presents the results from a quasi-experimental impact study of the project and a mixed methods examination of its implementation. Results showed that the program increased the…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, High School Students, Program Effectiveness
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Helman, Amanda L.; Calhoon, Mary Beth; Kern, Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2015
This study investigated the effects of a combined contextual and morphemic analysis strategy to increase prediction and analysis of science vocabulary words by three high school (9th--10th grade) English language learners with reading disabilities. A multiple baseline across participants design was used. Students analyzed science words using the…
Descriptors: Prediction, Vocabulary, Science Instruction, Reading Difficulties
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Thornton, Amanda; McKissick, Bethany R.; Spooner, Fred; Lo, Ya-yu; Anderson, Adrienne L. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2015
Investigating the effectiveness of inclusive practices in science instruction and determining how to best support high school students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in the general education classroom is a topic of increasing research attention in the field. In this study, the researchers conducted a single-subject multiple probe across…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Teaching Methods, Special Education Teachers, Regular and Special Education Relationship
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Cook, Kathleen B.; Bennett, Katie E. – Remedial and Special Education, 2014
Proficiency in writing increases opportunities in higher education, employment, and social relationships. Many students in the United States, however, are struggling writers. In particular, the writing performance of students with disabilities in secondary grades continues to lag behind grade level peers. The purpose of this article was to review…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Intervention, High School Students
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Kiuhara, Sharlene A.; O'Neill, Robert E.; Hawken, Leanne S.; Graham, Steve – Exceptional Children, 2012
Explicitly and systematically teaching strategies for planning and drafting specific types of text has improved the writing of elementary and middle school students with disabilities in previous studies. In this investigation, we examined the effect of teaching a planning and drafting strategy for persuasive writing to high school students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Grade 10, Persuasive Discourse
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West, Eva – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
As a result of young people frequently exposing themselves to loud sounds, researchers are advocating education about the risks of contracting tinnitus. However, how pupils conceive of and learn about the biological aspects of hearing has not been extensively investigated. Consequently, the aim of the present study is to explore pupils' learning…
Descriptors: Intervention, Older Adults, Adolescents, Grade 4
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Goldstein, Jessica; Behuniak, Peter – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2012
Connecticut's Skills Checklist was developed in response to federal policy that requires all students with significant cognitive disabilities participate in state assessments and be included in measures of adequate yearly progress. Test developers had high expectations for this assessment. In addition to its function as an accountability measure,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Indicators, Accountability, Federal Programs
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