ERIC Number: EJ1371868
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0014-4029
EISSN: EISSN-2163-5560
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A Targeted Review of Open Practices in Special Education Publications
Bryan G. Cook; Wilhelmina van Dijk; Isabel Vargas; Susan M. Aigotti; Jesse I. Fleming; Sean D. McDonald; Cassidi L. Richmond; Lindsay M. Griendling; Alan S. McLucas; Rachelle M. Johnson
Exceptional Children, v89 n3 p238-255 Apr 2023
Open practices, such as preregistration, registered reports, open materials, open data, open analytic code, replication, open peer review, open access, and conflict-of-interest and funding statements, support the transparency, accessibility, and reproducibility of research and other scholarship. The purpose of this review was to examine the prevalence of these open practices in the special education literature. We reviewed a randomly selected sample of 250 articles published in special education journals in 2020. Results indicated that conflict-of-interest and funding statements were present in most articles; a small but meaningful proportion of articles provided open materials and were open access; and preregistration, registered reports, open data, open analytic code, open peer review, and replication were rarely or never observed. Recommendations for researching and supporting the use of open practices in special education scholarship are provided.
Descriptors: Special Education, Journal Articles, Open Educational Resources, Access to Information, Educational Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED); Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) (ED/OSERS)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R305B200020; H325D180108; H325D190048
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