Recently added articles from Journal of Special Education Technology:
Social Skills Instruction for Adolescents with Emotional Disabilities: A Technology-Based Intervention
Jan 01, 2008; Cumming, Therese M; Higgins, Kyle; Pierce, Tom; Miller, Susan; Boone, Randall; Tandy, Richard ... This study explored the use of multimedia, student-generated social skills lessons coupled with teacher facilitation to improve the social skills of middle-school students with emotional disabilities. The effects of teacher-led social skills instruction and the combination of teacher-led and ...
Comparison of the Effects of Smart Board Technology and Flash Card Instruction on Sight Word Recognition and Observational Learning
Jan 01, 2008; Mechling, Linda C; Gast, David L; Thompson, Kimberly L ... This study compared the effectiveness of SMART Board, interactive whiteboard technology and traditional flash cards in teaching reading in a small-group instructional arrangement. Three students with moderate intellectual disabilities were taught to read grocery store aisle marker words under ...
Assistive Technology
Jan 01, 2008; Skylar, Ashley A ... Associate Editor's Column Virtual Manipulatives as an Assistive Technology Support for Students with High-Incidence Disabilities Guest Columnist: Kristin L. Sayeski, University of Nevada-Las Vegas There is a long history of teachers using physical manipulatives, such as ...
Content Area Applications
Jan 01, 2008; Schweder, Windy; Wissick, Cheryl A ... Associate Editor's Column Teaching Content with Interactive Whiteboards Guest Columnist: Amy B. Mounce, University of South Carolina- Upstate What happened to the chalkboards? Old chalkboards and whiteboards are being replaced with new, interactive whiteboards in the ...
Research and Practice
Jan 01, 2008; Edyburn, Dave L ... Associate Editor's Column Understanding What Works and Doing What Works Over the past 20 years, considerable pressure has been exerted on schools by the federal government and the business community to reform the educational enterprise. Much of the angst concerning the ...
Simultaneous and Delayed Video Modeling: An Examination of System Effectiveness and Student Preferences
Jan 01, 2008; Taber-Doughty, Teresa; Patton, Scott E; Brennan, Stephanie ... The effectiveness of simultaneous and delayed video modeling when used by three middle-school students with moderate intellectual disabilities was examined. Alternating between modeling systems, students were taught to use the public library computer to locate specific book call numbers and use ...
mCLASS PDA DIBELS Assessment Software
Jan 01, 2008; Forbush, David E; Pindiprolu, Sekhar; Lockwood, April; Gleed, Linsey ... mCLASS PDA DIBELS Assessment Software, Brooklyn, NY: Wireless Generation, Inc., http://www. wirelessgeneration.com, available for Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs). $14.00 per annual student subscription. Accountability measures of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act require school ...