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Does Variability within Tier 2 Mathematics Intervention Groups Affect Students' Response to Intervention?
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Marah Sutherland; Derek Kosty; Taylor Lesner; Joanna Hermida; Keith Smolkowski; Christian T. Doabler; Ben Clarke – Exceptional Children, 2024
The effectiveness of Tier 2 interventions may depend on the variability of student skills within an intervention group. We investigated the effect of pretest variability within intervention groups using data from a large-scale study of ROOTS, a Tier 2 kindergarten mathematics intervention. Our research questions were as follows: Does mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Program Effectiveness, Kindergarten, Young Children
Predicting the Academic Achievement of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students from Individual, Household, Communication, and Educational Factors
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Marc Marschark; Debra M. Shaver; Katherine M. Nagle; Lynn A. Newman – Exceptional Children, 2015
Research suggests that the academic achievement of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) students is the result of a complex interplay of many factors. These factors include characteristics of the students (e.g., hearing thresholds, language fluencies, mode of communication, and communication functioning), characteristics of their family environments…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Predicting Eighth-Grade Algebra Students with Individualized Education Programs
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Faulkner, Valerie N.; Crossland, Cathy L.; Stiff, Lee V. – Exceptional Children, 2013
This study investigated the extent to which student performance and teacher perception of student performance affect placement in eighth-grade mathematics classes for students with disabilities. Authors used the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten dataset to investigate how each of the following factors predicted placement in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Academic Achievement
Juvenile Delinquency, Education, and Mental Disability.
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Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1995
This study of 6,007 males born in northern Finland in 1966 found that 6% acquired a criminal record between 15 and 22 years. A higher than average delinquency rate was found among those with lower socioeconomic status, especially when combined with low intelligence. Family social problems had a greater predisposing effect for delinquent behavior…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criminals, Delinquency, Family Problems
Styles of Thinking, Abilities, and Academic Performance.
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Grigorenko, Elena L.; Sternberg, Robert J. – Exceptional Children, 1997
Gifted high school students (N=199) were evaluated using the Sternberg Triarchic Abilities Test; their academic performance was judged by independent raters; and their thinking styles were measured by two converging self-report questionnaires. After controlling for ability level, styles of thinking significantly contributed to prediction of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Evaluation Methods, Gifted
Teachers' Perceptions of One State's Alternate Assessment: Implications for Practice and Preparation.
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Kampfer, Stephanie H.; Horvath, Leah S.; Kleinert, Harold L.; Kearns, Jacqueline Farmer – Exceptional Children, 2001
A study of 206 Kentucky special education teachers examined the amount of time required on alternative assessment. Results found teachers spend many hours outside of class time completing one portfolio. Instructional variables, such as the extent to which portfolio items are embedded into instruction, are strongly related to student scores.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education