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Eric B. Claravall; Elizabeth Isidro; Robin Irey – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024
Historical reasoning, as a disciplinary literacy, aims to develop higher-order thinking in addition to depth of historical knowledge beyond the textbook and memorization of facts. It teaches students to use information across multiple sources to contextualize and corroborate historical accounts, constructing an informed yet critical interpretation…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, History Instruction, Abstract Reasoning, Thinking Skills
Patrick Rooney; David Cantrell – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2021
The 2020-2021 school year presented unprecedented challenges for States and local educational agencies (LEAs) throughout the country because of the national pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). For successful recovery efforts, it is essential to examine the expectations for children with disabilities, English learners…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Alternative Assessment, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Bouck, Emily C.; Park, Jiyoon; Shurr, Jordan – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2021
Mathematics instruction -- and interventions to support mathematics teaching -- for students with intellectual disability is important yet underexamined. This study explored a graduated instructional sequence referred to as the virtual-representational (VR) as a mathematical intervention. Researchers taught four students with disabilities what…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Teaching Methods
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Erickson, Karen; Quick, Nancy – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2017
The present study describes the characteristics of students in Grades 3-12 with significant cognitive disabilities (SCD) and known hearing loss. The study analyzed results of a survey of teachers of students with SCD (n = 38,367) who were slated to participate in an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards in 14 states in the…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Hearing Impairments, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Blake, Jamilia J.; Smith, Danielle M.; Unni, Asha; Marchbanks, Miner P.; Wood, Steve; Eason, John M. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2020
African American and Hispanic students receive more punitive school discipline than White students even when students of color commit similar infractions as Whites. Similarly, students with a disability status are more likely to experience harsher discipline in schools compared to their counterparts without a disability label. This study examines…
Descriptors: African American Students, Hispanic American Students, White Students, Racial Bias
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Wright, Michelle F. – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
The aim of this study was to examine the mitigating effect of perceived social support from parents, teachers, and friends on the association between cyber victimization and depression, accessed one year later. Adolescents (n = 131; 13-15 years old; 73% male) with intellectual and developmental disabilities completed questionnaires on their…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Victims, Depression (Psychology)
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Chamberlain, Courtney; Witmer, Sara – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
Legislation mandates that students with disabilities be included in achievement testing for accountability purposes, with only a few participating in an alternate assessment (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act [IDEA], 2004). The current study utilized data from the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) to…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Predictor Variables, Accountability, Student Participation
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Baker, Joshua N.; Rivera, Christopher J.; Morgan, Joseph John; Reese, Noelle – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2015
The purpose of this study was to replicate similar instructional techniques of Jimenez, Browder, and Courtade (2008) using a single-subject multiple-probe across participants design to investigate the effects of task analytic instruction coupled with semi-concrete representations to teach linear algebraic equations to middle school students with…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Equations (Mathematics), Algebra
Farley, Dan; Saven, Jessica L.; Tindal, Gerald – National Center on Assessment and Accountability for Special Education, 2013
Alternate assessments based on alternate achievement standards (AA-AAS) are designed to measure the academic achievement of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities (SWSCDs). AA-AAS present unique measurement challenges because of the inherent need for individualization in item presentation and response, combined with expectations…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Academic Standards, Intellectual Disability, Accountability