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Reed, Deborah K.; Lynn, Devon – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
This quasi-experimental study examined the effects of a strategy for making text-dependent inferences--with and without embedded self-regulation skills--on the reading comprehension of 24 middle-grade students with disabilities. Classes were randomly assigned to receive the inference intervention only (IO), inference + individual goal setting…
Descriptors: Inferences, Goal Orientation, Statistical Analysis, Quasiexperimental Design
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Markova, Maria; Pit-Ten Cate, Ineke; Krolak-Schwerdt, Sabine; Glock, Sabine – Journal of Experimental Education, 2016
Drawing on social cognition frameworks, we experimentally examined preservice teachers' implicit attitudes toward students with special educational needs (SEN) from different ethnic backgrounds and preservice teachers' explicit attitudes toward inclusive education. Preservice teachers (N = 46) completed an evaluative priming task and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Dispa, Delphine; Lejeune, Thierry; Thonnard, Jean-Louis – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 2013
Most chronic stroke patients present with difficulty in the manipulation of objects. The aim of this study was to test whether an intensive program of precision grip training could improve hand functioning of patients at more than 6 months after a stroke. This was a cross-over study; hence, at inclusion, the patients were randomly divided into two…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Psychomotor Skills, Patients, Therapy
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Ayers, Jane M.; Krueger, Lacy E.; Jones, Beth A. – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
Understanding how labels and prior training affect teachers of students with a disability is a step toward creating effective educational environments. Two goals of the present study were to examine how teacher training (special education vs. general education training) and labeling of students (either as having attention deficit hyperactivity…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Recall (Psychology), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Labeling (of Persons)
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Scott, Laron A. – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2012
Self-efficacy has been closely linked to teacher performance of instructional tasks. Previous studies on teacher self-efficacy focused on general activities and were less specific regarding special education teachers' perceived ability to perform a given task. The purpose of this quantitative correlation study was to evaluate high school special…
Descriptors: Correlation, Special Education Teachers, Self Efficacy, Task Analysis
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Raitano, Nancy A.; Pennington, Bruce F.; Tunick, Rachel A.; Boada, Richard; Shriberg, Lawrence D. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2004
Background: The existing literature has conflicting findings about the literacy outcome of children with speech sound disorders (SSD), which may be due to the heterogeneity within SSD. Previous studies have documented that two important dimensions of heterogeneity are the presence of a comorbid language impairment (LI) and the persistence of SSD,…
Descriptors: Persistence, Language Impairments, Phonological Awareness, Literacy