An Analysis of Single-Subject Design Studies Related to Subject Matter Education for Students with Developmental Disabilities

Summary Background: Single-Subject Design is used in several areas such as education and biomedicine. However, no suited formal vocabulary exists for annotating the detailed configuration and the results of this type of research studies with the appropriate granularity for looking for information about them. Therefore, the search for those study designs relies heavily on a syntactical search on the abstract, keywords or full text of the publications about the study, which entails some limitations. Objective: To present SSDOnt, a specific purpose ontology for describing and annotating single-subject design studies, so that complex questions can be asked about them afterwards. Methods: The ontology was developed following the NeOn methodology. Once the requirements of the ontology were defined, a formal model was described in a Description Logic and later implemented in the ontology language OWL 2 DL. Results: We show how the ontology provides a reference model with a suitable terminology for the annotation and searching of single-subject design studies and their main components, such as the phases, the intervention types, the outcomes and the results. Some mappings with terms of related ontologies have been established. We show as proof-of-concept that classes in the ontology can be easily extended to annotate more precise information about specific interventions and outcomes such as those related to autism. Moreover, we provide examples of some types of queries that can be posed to the ontology. Conclusions: SSDOnt has achieved the purpose of covering the descriptions of the domain of single-subject research studies.

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Mata-Analysis of Single-Subject Design Studies on Positive Behavior Support in Korea

The Journal of Special Children Education ◽

10.21075/kacsn.2011.13.4.605 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 605-624

Author(s):

Heebong Yoon ◽

강민채 ◽

최영종

Keyword(s):

Positive Behavior Support ◽

Positive Behavior ◽

Single Subject ◽

Single Subject Design ◽

Behavior Support ◽

Design Studies ◽

Subject Design

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Analysis of the Single Subject Design Studies on Integration of Elementary School Students with Disabilities based on the Quality Indicators of Evidence-Based Practice

Journal of Special Education Theory and Practice ◽

10.19049/jsped.2017.18.2.09 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 171-198

Author(s):

Kyung Sun Sung ◽

Myong Ye Bang

Keyword(s):

Elementary School ◽

Students With Disabilities ◽

Elementary School Students ◽

Quality Indicators ◽

Single Subject ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Single Subject Design ◽

School Students ◽

Design Studies ◽

Subject Design

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The Effects of Physical Exercise on Stereotypic Behaviors in Autism: Small-n Meta-Analyses

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities ◽

10.1177/1088357619881220 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 26-35 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christopher W. Tarr ◽

Ashlea Rineer-Hershey ◽

Karen Larwin

Keyword(s):

Physical Exercise ◽

Effect Size ◽

Effect Sizes ◽

Single Subject ◽

Single Subject Design ◽

Current Investigation ◽

Design Studies ◽

Aggregate Score ◽

Subject Design ◽

Meta Analyses

Physical exercise has shown the potential to reduce stereotypic behaviors. The current investigation conducted three meta-analyses on the effects of physical exercise on stereotypic behaviors in individuals with autism. Study 1 produced four aggregate score studies ( n = 54) that included nine effect sizes ranging from d = –.85 to .31. Study 1 yielded an overall effect size of d = –.463. Study 2 produced six single subject design studies ( n = 13) that included 48 effect sizes ranging from d = −1 to .5156. Study 2 yielded an overall effect size of d = –.456. Study 3 combined all 10 studies ( n = 67) that included effect sizes ranging from d = −1 to .5156. The n = 10 articles combined produced an overall effect size of d = –.456. The effect sizes demonstrate that physical exercise does have the potential to decrease stereotypic behaviors in individuals with autism.

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