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Knight, Victoria F.; Creech-Galloway, Carey E.; Karl, Jennifer M.; Collins, Belva C. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2018
Preliminary research shows promise for the use of supported electronic text (eText) combined with explicit instruction in facilitating comprehension for students with intellectual disability. Researchers used a multiple probe across participants design to evaluate effects of supported eText including explicit instruction on measures of vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Moderate Intellectual Disability, High School Students
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Heinrich, Sara; Collins, Belva C.; Knight, Victoria; Spriggs, Amy D. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2016
Effects of an embedded simultaneous prompting procedure to teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) content to three secondary students with moderate intellectual disabilities in an inclusive general education classroom were evaluated in the current study. Students learned discrete (i.e., geometric figures, science vocabulary, or use of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Prompting, High School Students, Inclusion
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Jimenez, Bree A.; Alamer, Khulod – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2018
Advances in and the decreased cost of technology has resulted in a significant increase in educational programming that incorporates technology into the school curriculum. Specifically, the use of iPads has become quite common to support students social, communication, and academic outcomes in recent years; however, many students with moderate to…
Descriptors: High School Students, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
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Mechling, Linda C.; Ayres, Kevin M.; Foster, Ashley L.; Bryant, Kathryn J. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2015
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of four high school-aged students with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and moderate intellectual disability to generalize performance of skills when using materials different from those presented through video models. An adapted alternating treatments design was used to evaluate student…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, High School Students, Generalization