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What's the Tip? Using a Schematic Diagram to Support Life Skills Math
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Emily C. Bouck; Sarah K. Cox; Larissa Jakubow – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Researchers have repeatedly found schematic diagrams, both as part of Modified Schema Based Instruction and outside of this problem-solving approach, effective for teaching students with disabilities, including intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), to solve math word problems. The current study was a systematic replication of Bouck,…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Middle School Students, Mathematics Skills, Daily Living Skills
Direct Instruction of Text-to-Speech Software for Students with Intellectual Disability
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Bruno, Lauren P.; Lewis, Amanda M.; Kaldenberg, Erica R.; Bahr, Patricia A.; Immerfall, Jordan – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Adults with intellectual disability (ID) often have challenges when accessing written text. One promising way to address this is through the use of assistive technology (AT) in the form of text to speech (TTS) software to allow individuals to read aurally, bypassing visual decoding weaknesses. However, little information is available on how to…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Assistive Technology, Computer Software, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
A Multi-Component Literacy Intervention with Science Expository Text for Students with Moderate Intellectual Disability
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Roberts, Carly A.; Tandy, Jacob; Kim, So Yeon; Meyer, Nancy – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2020
Students with intellectual disability often receive limited explicit instruction in comprehension strategies. The current study evaluated the effects of a multi-component literacy intervention designed to improve comprehension of high school students with moderate intellectual disability on adapted expository science text. The multi-component…
Descriptors: Literacy, Intervention, Expository Writing, Science Materials
Comparison of Direct Instruction and Simultaneous Prompting Procedure on Teaching Concepts to Individuals with Intellectual Disability
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Celik, Semiha; Vuran, Sezgin – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
The purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency, effectiveness, maintenance effects and social validity of two instructional methods, Direct Instruction and Simultaneous Prompting Procedure, on teaching concepts (long, old, few and thick) using a parallel treatments design. All sessions were conducted at a private special education center…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Prompting, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis
Teaching Reading Comprehension and Language Skills to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities Using Direct Instruction
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Flores, Margaret M.; Nelson, Cynthia; Hinton, Vanessa; Franklin, Toni M.; Strozier, Shaunita D.; Terry, LaTonya; Franklin, Susan – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
There is limited research demonstrating Direct Instruction (DI) as an effective reading comprehension intervention for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and developmental disabilities (DD). Previous research has shown that DI, when portions of the program were implemented, resulted in increased skills (Flores & Ganz, 2007; Flores…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Language Skills, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Comparing Teacher-Directed and Computer-Assisted Constant Time Delay for Teaching Functional Sight Words to Students with Moderate Intellectual Disability
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Coleman, Mari Beth; Hurley, Kevin J.; Cihak, David F. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness and efficiency of teacher-directed and computer-assisted constant time delay strategies for teaching three students with moderate intellectual disability to read functional sight words. Target words were those found in recipes and were taught via teacher-delivered constant time delay or…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Computers, Sight Vocabulary, Mental Retardation