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Amie Duncan; Abigail Evans; Aaron Vaughn; Leanne Tamm – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Autistic students demonstrate poor academic performance which may be related to challenges in learning behaviors such as organization, planning, study skills, and so forth. Most studies report on summary scores; however, there may be value in understanding specific strengths and challenges to better inform assessment and intervention efforts. The…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Students with Disabilities, Student Behavior, Middle School Students
Di Bartolo, Christina A.; Abikoff, Howard; McDonald, Margaret; Gallagher, Richard – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
Effective organizational skills (e.g., time management, materials management, and task planning) are associated with academic success, yet some children struggle to gain these skills without intervention. While evidence-based organizational skills interventions for pediatric clinical populations exist, none target organizationally impaired general…
Descriptors: Time Management, Planning, Skill Development, Training
Stockall, Nancy – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2017
Designing homework to mediate executive functioning disorders of students with disabilities is critical to their future academic success. The article explains and defines different executive functions of the brain and how these impact students' ability to benefit from homework assignments. Specific strategies are provided for designing…
Descriptors: Homework, Executive Function, Learning Disabilities, Assignments
Nelson, Amanda K.; DuPaul, George J.; Evans, Steven W.; Lenker, Kristina P. – School Mental Health, 2022
Adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at heightened risk of experiencing academic difficulties due to organizational deficits. Impairment can be exacerbated through poor sleep hygiene and excessive daytime sleepiness, prevalent sleep challenges for adolescents with ADHD. Given established relationships among sleep,…
Descriptors: Sleep, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Intervention, Outcomes of Treatment
Leanne Tamm; Sydney M. Risley; Elizabeth Hamik; Angela Combs; Lauren B. Jones; Jamie Patronick; Tat Shing Yeung; Allison K. Zoromski; Amie Duncan – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Background: Academic challenges such as losing/not turning in assignments, misplacing materials, and inefficient studying are common in middle-school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without intellectual disability. Deficits in organization, planning, prioritizing, memory/materials management, and studying skills [i.e. academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intelligence Tests, Intervention, Executive Function
Somers, Cheryl L.; Townsend, Austin; Baranowski, Ariel; Hillman, Stephen B.; Robtoy, Elizabeth – Educational Research Quarterly, 2020
Aims: Educational research often relies on the self-reports of students to determine their grades/GPA for reasons including ease of administration, time constraints, IRB approval, and assumption of accuracy. The main purpose of this study was to determine the validity of student self-reports on their academic grades, and if the benefits outweigh…
Descriptors: High School Students, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Grades (Scholastic), Grade Point Average
Simmons, Lakisha; Crook, Amy; Cannonier, Colin; Simmons, Chris – Journal of Education for Business, 2018
Today's students experience increased anxiety around school and have difficulty keeping track of course assignments. The authors conceptually develop and empirically test a model of the impact of a homework reminder mobile application (app) on executive function skills and learning outcomes with undergraduate business students. The findings…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Prompting, Computer Oriented Programs, Handheld Devices
Parladé, Meaghan V.; Weinstein, Allison; Garcia, Dainelys; Rowley, Amelia M.; Ginn, Nicole C.; Jent, Jason F. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy is an empirically based, behavioral parent training program for young children exhibiting disruptive behaviors. Parent--Child Interaction Therapy shows promise for treating disruptive behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder. Treatment processes (i.e. treatment length and homework compliance), parenting…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Interaction, Family Counseling, Autism
Hartman, JudithAnn R.; Dahm, Donald J.; Nelson, Eric A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Studies in cognitive science have verified that working memory (where the brain solves problems) can manipulate nearly all elements of knowledge that can be recalled automatically from long-term memory, but only a few elements that have not previously been well memorized. Research in reading comprehension has found that "lecture notes with…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, High Schools, Secondary School Science, Undergraduate Study
Orkin, Melissa; May, Sidney; Wolf, Maryanne – Reading Psychology, 2017
This research investigated the influence of parental practices on helpless behaviors of struggling readers during homework tasks. Parents (N = 36) of elementary students reported on their children's helpless behaviors, such as task avoidance and negative affect, during homework assignments, and on the nature and frequency of their support.…
Descriptors: Homework, Parent Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Language Skills
Prevatt, Frances; Young, Joel L. – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2014
Traditionally diagnosed in children, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is now regarded as a life span condition. The academic difficulties experienced by children and adolescents with ADHD have been observed to continue into young adulthood. Treatment outcome studies demonstrate that behavioral and pharmacotherapeutic interventions…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, College Students, Behavior Modification, Drug Therapy