ERIC Number: ED628091
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Dec-2
Pages: 42
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The Goal Setting Challenge App: Impact on Transition Goal Attainment Outcomes of Students with Disabilities
Karrie A. Shogren; Valerie L. Mazzotti; Tyler A. Hicks; Sheida K. Raley; Daria Gerasimova; Jesse R. Pace; Stephen M. Kwiatek; Darcy Fredrick; Jared H. Stewart-Ginsburg; Richard Chapman; Danielle C. Wysenski
Grantee Submission
Promoting self-determination is essential to effective transition services and supports. The Goal Setting Challenge App (GSC App) was developed to deliver self-determination instruction via technology, building on the evidence-based Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI). This paper presents data on goal attainment outcomes for students with disabilities who participated in a small, cluster randomized controlled trial (C-RCT) of the GSC App during the 2020-2021 academic year and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Findings suggest it is highly probable the GSC App enhances student transition goal attainment outcomes after one semester, with students three times more likely to attain their self-identified transition goals in the GSC App than in the business-as-usual condition. The impact of COVID-19 on implementation and sample loss is described, as are implications for research and practice. [This is the in press version of an article published in "Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals."]
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, COVID-19, Pandemics, Computer Software, Self Determination, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, Students with Disabilities, Secondary School Students, Transitional Programs, Comparative Analysis, Special Education Teachers, Faculty Development, Computer Assisted Instruction, Fidelity, Special Education, Bayesian Statistics, Individualized Transition Plans
Related Records: EJ1407574
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Institute of Education Sciences (ED)
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IES Funded: Yes
Grant or Contract Numbers: R324A180012