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O'Malley, Patricia; Jenkins, Sandi; Wesley, Brooke; Donehower, Claire; Rabuck, Deidre; Lewis, MEB. – Online Submission, 2013
Research into integrating technology such as iPads into the curriculum for students with disabilities is still new. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the use of a basic math skill application on an iPad to increase basic math fluency. As part of a classwide academic intervention, the study was conducted with 10 students with…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Program Effectiveness, Special Education, Intervention
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Richardson, John T. E. – Open Learning, 2010
This investigation compared outcomes in disabled and non-disabled students taking courses by distance learning with the Open University UK in 2003. Students with mental health difficulties showed poorer course completion than non-disabled students. Students with restricted mobility and students with other disabilities showed lower pass rates than…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Open Universities, Distance Education, Multiple Disabilities
Horn, Eva M.; Warren, Steven F. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1987
The effects of a combined neuromotor/behavioral approach using a microcomputer mediated teaching system on the acquisition of basic motor skills by two young children (17- and 24-months-old) with severe and multiple disabilities were examined. Increased frequency and duration of target behaviors in both training and generalizing settings were…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Computer Assisted Instruction
Andrews, Jean F.; And Others – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1987
Vignettes illustrate the effectiveness of a project providing computer-assisted instruction to three multiply-handicapped deaf high school students. Individual and group activities resulted in increased language skills, more positive attitudes, greater self-esteem and motivation, and improved peer interactions. Software programs are briefly…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Deafness
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Beck, Jennifer – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2002
This article discuses how assistive technology affected the emergent literacy of 10 preschoolers (age 3) with multiple disabilities. The children used picture communication symbols, adapted books, a BIGmack, and a computer with Intellikeys, Intellipics, and Overlay Maker, alternative keyboard, and software. The benefits to the children are…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assistive Technology, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Assisted Instruction
Claus, Richard N.; And Others – 1990
The evaluation report describes special education services provided to trainable mentally impaired (TMI), autistic impaired (AI), severely multiply impaired (SXI), and severely mentally impaired (SMI) students at and through the Melvin G. Millet Learning Center (Bridgeport, Michigan). The eight program components are described individually and…
Descriptors: Aquatic Sports, Autism, Community Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction