Effects of a Computerized Program on Use of the Test-Taking Strategy by Secondary Students with Disabilities

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula E. Lancaster ◽  
Jean B. Schumaker ◽  
Sean J. C. Lancaster ◽  
Donald D. Deshler
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Competency Testing ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Test Taking Strategy ◽  
Current Emphasis

Students with disabilities must meet many testing demands, given the current emphasis on accountability and state competency testing. The purpose of this project was to develop and field test a computerized program to teach the Test-Taking Strategy (Hughes, Schumaker, Deshler, & Mercer, 1988) to secondary-level students with disabilities. The original instruction for the Test-Taking Strategy, validated by Hughes and Schumaker (1991), was transformed into a computerized format based on input from students, teachers, design experts, and technical consultants. A quasi-experimental design utilizing intact classes of students with learning disabilities at both the junior-high and high-school levels was employed to determine the effects of the program. Results showed the computerized program was effective in teaching students to use the Test-Taking Strategy. Statistical differences were found between the posttests of the two groups related to their knowledge of the Test-Taking Strategy, use of the strategy steps on tests, and ability to think aloud about their use of the strategy in a test-taking situation. No differences were found between gains made by junior- and senior-high students in the experimental groups. Further research is warranted to determine if this medium is effective for teaching students other types of strategies.

Mathematical Interventions for Secondary Students With Learning Disabilities and Mathematics Difficulties: A Meta-Analysis

2017 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asha K. Jitendra ◽  
Amy E. Lein ◽  
Soo-hyun Im ◽  
Ahmed A. Alghamdi ◽  
Scott B. Hefte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Mathematics Difficulties ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Mathematics

This meta-analysis is the first to provide a quantitative synthesis of empirical evaluations of mathematical intervention programs implemented in secondary schools for students with learning disabilities and mathematics difficulties. Included studies used a treatment-control group design. A total of 19 experimental and quasi-experimental studies containing 20 independent samples met study inclusion criteria. Results of a random effects model analysis indicated that mathematical interventions influence mathematics outcomes ( g = 0.37, 95% confidence interval [0.18, 0.56]) for students with learning disabilities and mathematics difficulties. In addition, instructional time moderated the relation between mathematics interventions and student learning. Limitations of the study, future directions for research, and implications for practice are discussed.

Review of Mathematics Interventions for Secondary Students With Learning Disabilities

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Marita ◽  
Casey Hord
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Mathematics Interventions ◽  
School Interventions ◽  
Mathematical Skills ◽  
Based Instruction ◽  
Support Students

Recent educational policy has raised the standards that all students, including students with disabilities, must meet in mathematics. To examine the strategies currently used to support students with learning disabilities, the authors reviewed literature from 2006 to 2014 on mathematics interventions for students with learning disabilities. The 12 articles reviewed contain various instructional focuses, including systematic instructions, problem-based instruction, and visual representation. This review includes discussion of the interventions used, including the success of interventions used for both students with disabilities and students without disabilities. Implications for practice and future research are also discussed, including the need for continued research on middle and high school interventions to address a variety of mathematical skills and concepts.

Productivity Apps Supporting Higher Order Writing Skills for Secondary Students With Learning Disabilities

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 313-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathy B. Ewoldt
Keyword(s):  
Working Memory ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Software Applications ◽  
Academic Supports ◽  
Writing Technology

Students with learning disabilities tend to focus on lower-level elements of writing, leading them to compose poorly organized paragraphs comprised of strings of linear ideas. Deficits in language and working memory negatively impact ability to produce quality writing. Technology and software applications can provide a means of academic supports for students with disabilities. Four productivity applications (i.e., apps) that encourage focusing on higher-order writing skills and support cognitive load are presented for use with secondary students. These apps are combined to provide teachers with a step-by-step technique for instructing students to write a quality expository paragraph.

scholarly journals In the Nick of Time: A Pan-Canadian Examination of Extended Testing Time Accommodation in Post-secondary Schools

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Sokal ◽  
Alina Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Testing Time ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Standard Testing ◽  
Exemplary Practices ◽  
Decision Making Processes

Extended testing time accommodation (ETTA) is the most common accommodation assigned to post-secondary students with disabilities. We examined data on the processes of providing and monitoring the use of ETTA at 48 Canadian post-secondary institutions who provided accommodations to over 43,000 students with disabilities in every province in Canada. Findings indicated that students with learning disabilities were the most likely to be allocated ETTA. The most common duration of ETTA by far was 150% of the standard testing time provided to other students, and was typically assigned in over 70% of cases-- despite there being no valid empirical evidence to support this practice. In almost half of the institutions following this practice, this duration of ETTA was typically awarded upon intake based on guidelines, policies, or the belief that research exists to support this procedure, and in over 40% of these institutions there were no procedures in place for monitoring and modifying ETTA allowances once assigned. There was evidence of some exemplary practices in terms of the decision-making processes that went into determining and monitoring individual student’s ETTA durations. However, concerns were raised in some cases by the rationales for providing specific durations of ETTA, and by the lack of monitoring that together comprised ‘blanket’ accommodations.

scholarly journals Attitudes of students with learning disability towards the use of distance learning in the presence of the Coronavirus pandemic in Kuwait: اتجاهات طلبة صعوبات التعلم بالمرحلة الثانوية نحو استخدام نظام التعلُّم عن بعد في ظل انتشار جائحة كورونا (COVID-19) بدولة الكويت

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Mohsen Al-Saeedi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Learning Disability ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Moderate Degree ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Arithmetic Average ◽  
Students Attitudes

The current study aimed to identify the level of attitudes of secondary students with learning disability towards the use of the distance learning system in light of the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kuwait, the sample of the study consisted of (32) male and female students with learning disabilities at the secondary level. A questionnaire consisting of(23) paragraph and distributed on(3) axes, the results found that the attitudes of students with learning disabilities at the secondary level towards the use of distance learning were positive, with a moderate degree, where the general average was (2.32), with a percentage of (77%). The axis (feelings towards distance learning) ranked first, with an average of (2.37) and a percentage of (79%), followed by the axis (advantages towards distance learning), with an arithmetic average of (2.31), percentage of(77%) while the axis(turnout towards the distance learning) last rank in average (2.29) with a percentage of (76%). The results did not reveal any statistical differences in the level of students' attitudes of learning disability towards distance learning by holding courses, improving the learning environment and distributing brochures that show the importance of using distance learning in teaching.

Integrated Learning: Explicit Strategies and Their Role in Problem-Solving Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities

1993 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 444-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurice Hollingsworth ◽  
John Woodward
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Strategy Group ◽  
Integrated Learning ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Simulation Games ◽  
Experimental Group

This study investigated the effectiveness of an explicit strategy as a means of linking facts, concepts, and problem solving in an unfamiliar domain of learning. Participants were 37 secondary students with learning disabilities. All students were taught health facts and concepts, which they then applied to problem-solving exercises presented through computer-simulation games. Students in the experimental group were taught an explicit strategy for solving the problems; the comparison group was given supportive feedback and encouraged to induce their own strategies. The explicit strategy group performed significantly better on two transfer measures, including videotaped problem-solving exercises.

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