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Mollica, Molly Y.; Kajfez, Rachel Louis; Riter, Elizabeth – Advances in Engineering Education, 2021
Community engaged learning has demonstrated educational benefits and is an especially promising method to engage a diverse group of students in engineering. In this work, we present toy adaptation for children with disabilities as a novel community engaged learning tool. According to students surveyed, this process is enjoyable, demonstrates the…
Descriptors: Toys, Children, Disabilities, Engineering Education
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Aldehami, Sultan – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2022
This study was conducted in the central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to investigate levels of teachers' assistive technology (AT) knowledge and skills use in classrooms for students with intellectual disability (ID). A total of 98 special education teachers of students with ID completed an online survey. Results indicate that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Assistive Technology
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Fatima, Ghulam; Hussain Ch, Abid Hussain; Malik, Misbah – Bulletin of Education and Research, 2016
The purpose of this quantitative investigation was to identify instructional practices used by special education teachers in classrooms of young children with deafness. The population of study involved all 388 teachers serving in 34 Government Deaf & Defective Hearing Schools located in four zones of the Punjab province. A sample of 68…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Deafness, Gender Differences, Teaching Methods
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Lindeblad, Emma; Svensson, Idor; Gustafson, Stefan – Reading Psychology, 2016
This study investigated the self-image and psychological well-being in 67 children and adolescents age 10-16 years with severe reading difficulties and/or dyslexia. The participants were assessed with Beck Youth Inventory regarding symptoms of depression, anxiety, and negative self-image. The results showed that the participants do not depict…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Well Being, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Reading Difficulties
Moore, Kenneth L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine if the use of the reading component of Ticket to Read®, a computer-based educational program, developed to improve hearing students' fluency could improve deaf students' fluency in order to improve comprehension. Fluency, the ability to read text accurately and automatically, forms a bridge from…
Descriptors: Deafness, Assistive Technology, Reading Achievement, Reading Improvement
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Jeffs, Tara; Morrison, William F. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2005
With the increasing complexity of schools and society, there is great need for expanded understanding of the many dimensions of diversity within the field of assistive technology (AT). The question that lies before us is how has diversity been examined in AT research and literature? Following a research synthesis method similar to Summers (1985)…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Special Education, Literature Reviews, Educational Technology