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Lynch, AnnMarie; Theodore, Lea A.; Bray, Melissa A.; Kehle, Thomas J. – School Psychology Review, 2009
The present study employed an alternating-treatments design to compare the differential effect of group contingencies on the improvement of homework completion and accuracy of students with disabilities in a self-contained fifth-grade classroom. Generally, past investigations have indicated a positive association between homework performance and…
Descriptors: Homework, Special Education, Learning Disabilities, Academic Achievement
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Polloway, Edward A.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1992
Teachers and parents of 45 students (ages 8-17) with learning disabilities completed the Homework Problem Checklist. The study found that students with learning disabilities experienced nearly two and a half times the level of difficulty with specific homework problems as their nondisabled peers. (JDD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
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Gajria, Meenakshi; Salend, Spencer J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
This study examined the homework practices of 48 students (ages 11-15) with learning disabilities and 48 nondisabled students. Although there were some similarities in homework practices of both groups, the students with learning disabilities engaged to a significantly greater extent in practices that interfered with homework completion.…
Descriptors: Assignments, Comparative Analysis, Homework, Intermediate Grades