Recently added articles from Journal of Special Education Technology:
Does It Add Up? Calculators as Accommodations for Sixth Grade Students with Disabilities
Apr 01, 2008; ... This study explored the performance of sixth grade students with and without disabilities on a mathematics assessment aligned to state standards when provided a calculator as an accommodation. The study utilized a pre/posttest design. No student was given access to a calculator on the pretest, ...
Going Beyond AT Devices: Are AT Services Being Considered?
Apr 01, 2008; ... While efforts have been made in the last two decades to educate professionals about the nature of assistive technology (AT) devices, successful implementation of technology is impossible without the support and provision of appropriate AT services. The current investigation, designed and ...
Using Software to Enhance the Writing Skills of Students with Special Needs
Apr 01, 2008; ... This study used a modified multiple-baseline design to determine the effects on the writing performance of seven students with special needs when a talking word processor with spell checker software was used independent of and in conjunction with word prediction software as accommodations in ...
Content Area Applications
Apr 01, 2008; ... Associate Editor's Column Researchers have explored the use of video-based anchored instruction as an effective teaching strategy for students with disabilities since the late 1980s. In the following decade, the use of videobased anchored instruction was extended to teacher education ...
Assistive Technology
Apr 01, 2008; ... Associate Editor's Column iPod "Teach": Increased Access to Technological Learning Supports Through the Use of the iPod Touch Guest Columnists: Conrad Auchinckss, Churchill School NY, and Thomas McIntyre, Hunter College Situation # I Mr. Hussein, the science ...
Research and Practice
Apr 01, 2008; ... Associate Editor's Column Collecting and Coding Observational Data Collecting data in the classroom has always been a challenge. The pace of activity makes it hard to keep up. Whether one is observing one or many children, the dual processing of watching and recording is a ...
Book and Software Review
Apr 01, 2008; ... Book and Software Review Associate Editor's Column Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, 2006, by Will Richardson. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. Guest Reviewer: Ginevra Courtade, West Virginia University The World Wide Web offers ...
Social Skills Instruction for Adolescents with Emotional Disabilities: A Technology-Based Intervention
Jan 01, 2008; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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; ... 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 ...
Embedded Technology: Current and Future Practices for Increasing Accessibility for All Students
Oct 01, 2007; ... This article highlights the technological solutions available for increasing the accessibility of educational materials for students with disabilities. Special attention is paid to design features for supporting the needs of students with disabilities in computer-based tests; however, many of ...
Collaboration Strategies Reported by Teachers Providing Assistive Technology Services
Oct 01, 2007; ... Collaboration between special educators and general education teachers is associated with academic and social success of students with disabilities who are included in the general education classroom. This study reports the findings from 96 interviews conducted with special and general education ...
Snapshot-Ten Years After the Law: A Survey of the Current Status of University Web Accessibility
Oct 01, 2007; ... The changing interpretation of laws regarding individuals with disabilities requires Web sites to be accessible by assistive technology devices. This study examined the current accessibility of university and departmental home pages. The first research hypothesis theorized that some improvement ...
Technology-Based Practices in Social Studies Instruction for Students with High-Incidence Disabilities: A Review of the Literature
Oct 01, 2007; ... This article presents a comprehensive review of the published social studies and technology-based intervention research for students with high-incidence disabilities in elementary through secondary grade levels. Eighteen research-based studies published from 1980 to 2006 were obtained, reviewed, ...
Assistive Technology
Oct 01, 2007; ... Associate Editor's Column Section 508: Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was amended in 1998 to indude Section 508. This important legislation has had a direct impact on accessibility of electronic information technology for individuals ...
Content Area Applications
Oct 01, 2007; ... Associate Editor's Column Blogging in and out of the Classroom Are your students blogging outside of the classroom? If so, then maybe you need to join them (O'Hanlon, 2007). No, this is not some new exercise program, but a means of social networking. Blogging is a type of ...