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Muhammed A. Karal; Paul J. Riccomini – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) require effective academic interventions tailored to their distinctive learning characteristics. This is especially important in mathematics since approximately a quarter of learners with ASD have a mathematics learning disability. This meta-analysis examined the effectiveness of mathematics…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intervention, Mathematics Instruction
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Shogren, Karrie A.; Plotner, Anthony J.; Palmer, Susan B.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Paek, Youngshil – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
Promoting student self-determination is recognized as a key component of effective transition supports and services for youth with disabilities. This study examined differences in teacher perceptions of student capacity and opportunity for self-determination over the course of an academic year based on teacher assignment to a treatment group that…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes, Ability
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Werts, Margaret Gessler; Hoffman, Elin Meyers; Darcy, Cynthia – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
We evaluated the addition of stimuli after the praise statement of a trial (instructive feedback) in which the stimuli were not attached sequentially to the target stimuli. All students reached criterion level responding of target behaviors despite the extra information presented, and three of four high school students with disabilities acquired…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Stimuli, Developmental Delays, Positive Reinforcement
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Hart Barnett, Juliet E.; Cleary, Shannon – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
Students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are being included more frequently in the general educational setting, and are therefore increasingly expected to access and master core curricular content, including mathematics. However, mathematics often presents challenges to students with ASD. Interventions to improve the mathematics skills of…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Hua, Youjia; Therrien, William J.; Hendrickson, Jo M.; Woods-Groves, Suzanne; Ries, Pamela S.; Shaw, Julia W. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
The combined repeated reading and question generation procedure is a reading intervention designed to target both fluency and comprehension for students with disabilities. Previous research has demonstrated the effectiveness of the intervention for school age children with learning disabilities. This study extended the research by utilizing the…
Descriptors: Young Adults, College Students, Reading Instruction, Questioning Techniques
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Gomez-Vela, Maria; Alonso, Miguel Angel Verdugo; Gonzalez, Francisca Gil; Corbella, Marta Badia; Wehmeyer, Michael L. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2012
The purpose of this study was to assess the self-determination of Spanish high school students with Intellectual Disabilities and other Special Educational Needs (SEN). A total of 371 students between 11 and 17 years of age participated in the study. Of these, 46.4% (n = 171) presented SEN, specifically learning disabilities (n = 97; 26.2%),…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Determination, Student Behavior, High School Students