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Kaitlyn G. O'Hagan; Leanna Stiefel – Remedial and Special Education, 2025
Research increasingly seeks to answer the question: does special education work? This is different than asking if specific interventions have positive effects and instead aims to identify system-wide impacts. We systematically review published quantitative research on the impact of receiving special education services on student outcomes using…
Descriptors: Special Education, Program Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Educational Research
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Ayse Dilsad Yakut; Savas Akgul – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2024
Since the learning disability (LD) population comprises the largest group receiving special education services, there is a need for research to examine the self-concept of this population at a global level. This systematic literature review synthesized 20 years of quantitative research (k = 16) about the self-concept of students with LD. The…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Self Concept, Special Education
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Matthew K. Burns – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2024
The current study meta-analyzed 27 effects from 21 studies to determine the effect assessment of text difficulty had on reading fluency interventions, which resulted in an overall weighted effect size (ES) = 0.43 (95% CI = [0.25, 0.62], p < 0.001). Using reading passages that represented an instructional level based on accuracy criteria led to…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Reading Fluency, Intervention, Reading Instruction
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Karolina Urton; Mariola Moeyaert; Kerstin Nobel; Anne Barwasser; Richard T. Boon; Matthias Grünke – Exceptionality, 2025
This study employed a meta-analytic approach to examine the effectiveness of graphic organizers (GOs) in improving academic and behavioral outcomes for K-12 students with disabilities, drawing from the single-case special education literature. Moderators at participant and study level were analyzed in addition to the main effects. A comprehensive…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Students with Disabilities, Instructional Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
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Alqahtani, Rashed Fehaid; Alshuayl, Mohammed; Ryndak, Diane L. – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2021
Saudi Arabia has produced more peer-reviewed research in the past 10 years than ever before (El-Showk, 2016). The country is leading its Arab counterparts in the annual number of both published scientific research and obtained patents. A review of the published research across topics and fields of study, the research designs used, and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Educational Research, Research Design
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Taneja-Johansson, Shruti – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2023
The purpose of this scoping review is to critically examine empirical research that draws on first-person experiences of schooling among students with autism or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as well as to map whose voices are heard in research and where the current knowledge gaps are. The review examined key characteristics of…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Educational Research