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Literacy for Students with Disabilities in the Middle Grades: An Exploration of Self-Efficacy, Data-Based, Goal Setting as a Literacy Intervention
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Lisa L. Yankanich – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Literacy is an essential life skill, and adolescents need strong literacy skills to succeed in secondary schools and beyond. Low literacy achievement in the middle grades puts students, particularly students with disabilities (SWD), at a disadvantage heading into high school and can lead to negative outcomes such as dropping out. The intention of…
Descriptors: Literacy, Students with Disabilities, Middle School Students, Self Efficacy
Transition Services That Prepare Students with a Specific Learning Disability to Transition Seamlessly to Community Colleges in Maryland
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Frazier-Watson, Patrice – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand how the transition services received in high school influence the transition experiences of SWSLD in two community colleges in Maryland. Schlossberg's Transition Theory (1981, 1984) of "Moving In," "Moving Through" and "Moving Out" was the framework for this…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Transitional Programs, High School Students, Community Colleges
The Effects of the Maryland Online Individualized Education Program Goal Wizard on Writing Standards Based Annual Goals
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Lewis, Kimberly A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of the Maryland Online Individualized Education Program Goal Wizard on writing standards based annual goals. Specifically, 100 novice special education teachers form a large urban school system in Maryland were randomly assigned to one of two groups. The experimental group received one…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Educational Objectives, Goal Orientation, Writing Instruction