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Gabrielle T. Lee; Xiaoyi Hu; Zhuojin Yu; Xiumei Hu; Nicole Luke – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2025
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) implemented by special education teachers in a school setting in China. Feasibility was evaluated by procedural fidelity of teacher implementation and a social validity questionnaire. Effectiveness was measured by the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Special Education Teachers, Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Muttiah, Nimisha; Gormley, Jessica; Drager, Kathryn D. R. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2022
Currently, a small number of studies discuss augmentative and alternative (AAC) interventions in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The primary purpose of this scoping review was to summarize the current evidence base on communication-based interventions and partner training in LMICs, to explore and identify gaps in the AAC evidence base…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Intervention, Developing Nations
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Lee, Gabrielle T.; Hu, Xiaoyi; Hu, Xiumei – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
The study sought to evaluate effects of self-directed training on teachers' ability to implement computer-assisted instruction (CAI) designed to teach bi-directional naming (BiN), a skill that involves incidental learning, to children with developmental delays. Three special education teachers in China participated in this fully online study. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Competencies, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Fu, Wangqian; Lu, Sha; Xiao, Fei; Wang, Mian – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Objectives: The objective of this study was to gain insight into how Chinese special education teachers conceptualize individual education plan (IEP) and how IEP is implemented in their daily work. Method: Fourteen administrators and teachers from several special education schools in three metropolitan cities in China were interviews about their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Individualized Education Programs
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2021
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has launched a new publication, "Integrated Approaches to Literacy and Skills Development: Examples of Best Practice in Adult Learning Programmes." This new compilation showcases 21 adult education programmes that demonstrate promising approaches to integrating literacy, life skills and…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Lifelong Learning
Li, Kaigang; Kay, Noy S. – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2009
The main purpose of this preliminary study was to examine the association between four constructs of the Health Belief Model (HBM) (i.e. perceived severity of smoking-related health problems, perceived susceptibility to smoking-health related problems, perceived barriers to non-smoking and perceived benefits of non-smoking) and cigarette smoking …
Descriptors: College Students, Smoking, Prevention, Foreign Countries
EFA 2000 Bulletin, 1998
This issue of "EFA 2000" focuses on the theme of inclusive education, i.e., including children with disabilities in general education classrooms. The cover story discusses a 1995 UNESCO survey of 63 countries that showed that integration of children with disabilities in regular schools is a declared policy in almost every country.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education