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Taylor, Alan M. – Language Learning & Technology, 2014
Meta-analytic methods are often used to determine the effectiveness of certain treatments across studies. However, we are often unaware of how a meta-analysis can provide value to researchers and practitioners. This paper offers a brief commentary on a meta-analysis conducted by Lin, Huang and Liou (2013) in LLT, providing further statistical…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Outcomes of Treatment, Research Methodology, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Wass, Sam V.; Porayska-Pomsta, Kaska – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
In this review, we focus on research that has used technology to provide cognitive training--i.e. to improve performance on some measurable aspect of behaviour--in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. We review technology-enhanced interventions that target three different cognitive domains: (a) emotion and face recognition, (b) language and…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Technology Uses in Education, Cognitive Processes
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Strong, Gemma K.; Torgerson, Carole J.; Torgerson, David; Hulme, Charles – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2011
Background: Fast ForWord is a suite of computer-based language intervention programs designed to improve children's reading and oral language skills. The programs are based on the hypothesis that oral language difficulties often arise from a rapid auditory temporal processing deficit that compromises the development of phonological…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Control Groups, Reading Difficulties, Intervention