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Children's Voices: Perspectives on Using Assistive Technology
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Schock, Robin E.; Lee, Elizabeth A. – Exceptionality Education International, 2016
Rarely are the views of children with learning disabilities elicited. In this study, we used focus groups involving eight students with learning disabilities to explore their self-perceptions as learners and writers using assistive technology (AT). Three groups of two to three Grade 4-8 students and their parents participated in the qualitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups, Self Concept
Assistive Hearing Technologies among Students with Hearing Impairment: Factors that Promote Satisfaction
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Rekkedal, Ann Mette – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2012
Hearing technology can play an essential part in the education of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in inclusive schools. Few studies have examined these children's experiences with this technology. This article explores factors pertaining to children's use of and attitudes toward hearing technologies, such as hearing aids, cochlear implants,…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Satisfaction
Students with Hearing Loss and Their Teachers' View on Factors Associated with the Students' Listening Perception of Classroom Communication
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Rekkedal, Ann Mette – Deafness and Education International, 2015
This study investigates factors associated with the listening perception of classroom communication by students with hearing loss, based on the students' and their teachers' views. It also examines how students with different degrees of hearing loss may perceive their classmates. To explore the relationships between the factors Structural Equation…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Classroom Communication, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
A Pilot Study of a Self-Voicing Computer Program for Prealgebra Math Problems
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Beal, Carole R.; Rosenblum, L. Penny; Smith, Derrick W. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
Fourteen students with visual impairments in Grades 5-12 participated in the field-testing of AnimalWatch-VI-Beta. This computer program delivered 12 prealgebra math problems and hints through a self-voicing audio feature. The students provided feedback about how the computer program can be improved and expanded to make it accessible to all users.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Visual Impairments, Computer Software, Educational Technology
Applying Technology to Enhance STEM Achievement for Students with Disabilities: The Blending Assessment with Instruction Program
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Meyen, Edward L.; Greer, Diana L. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2010
This article discusses the theoretical framework, instructional design, formative assessment results, capacity for national distribution, and generalization of the Blending Assessment with Instruction Program (BAIP) model to other content areas such as science. The BAIP, developed and validated at the University of Kansas, employs technology to…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Assistive Technology, Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction
People or Machines? Measured Reading Comprehension from Different Reader Types
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Conner, Timothy W., II; Aagaard, Lola – Online Submission, 2009
Differences in reading comprehension were examined in students with disabilities after use of three reader modification types. Participants (n=10) conveniently selected from two school districts were students grades three through eight reading on a third grade level that received a reader as a modification in their Individualized Education…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Differences, Individualized Education Programs