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Self-Determined Learning to Motivate Struggling Learners in Reading and Writing
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Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Shogren, Karrie A.; Toste, Jessica R.; Mahal, Stephanie – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2017
Promoting self-determined learning through student-directed learning strategies has been documented to promote more positive school-related outcomes for upper elementary grade learners with disabilities and other students who are struggling. These strategies are typically introduced in multicomponent interventions combining several…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Learning Strategies, Learner Controlled Instruction
Effect of Instruction with the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction on Students with Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis
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Lee, Suk-Hyang; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Shogren, Karrie A. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
The Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI) has been identified as an evidence-based practice to support educators to teach students with disabilities to engage in self-regulated learning leading to enhanced self-determination, attainment of academic and functional goals, and enhanced access to the general education curriculum. This…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Meta Analysis, Intervention, Goal Orientation
The Effect of Social and Classroom Ecological Factors on Promoting Self-Determination in Elementary School
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Cho, Hyun-Jeong; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Kingston, Neal M. – Preventing School Failure, 2012
The authors surveyed 233 elementary special educators in 23 states to determine (a) how the teaching of self-regulation strategies and classroom setting affected their perceptions of the importance of teaching self-determination, (b) the frequency with which they did so, and (c) the barriers to promoting self-determination. Results indicated that…
Descriptors: Self Management, Special Education Teachers, Surveys, Elementary School Teachers
Personal Self-Determination and Moderating Variables that Impact Efforts to Promote Self-Determination
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Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Abery, Brian H.; Zhang, Dalun; Ward, Karen; Willis, Derrick; Hossain, Waheeda Amin; Balcazar, Fabricio; Ball, Allison; Bacon, Ansley; Calkins, Carl; Heller, Tamar; Goode, Tawara; Dias, Robette; Jesien, George S.; McVeigh, Tom; Nygren, Margaret A.; Palmer, Susan B.; Walker, Hill M. – Exceptionality, 2011
The purpose of this second article in the special topic issue from the National Training Initiative on Self-Determination is to provide detail with regard to how we understand the self-determination construct and to discuss moderator variables and how such variables impact the design and implementation of interventions to promote…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Determination, Self Management, Cultural Awareness
Research-Based Principles and Practices for Educating Students with Autism: Self-Determination and Social Interactions
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Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Shogren, Karrie A.; Zager, Dianne; Smith, Tom E. C.; Simpson, Richard – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
Research-Based Principles and Practices for Educating Students with Autism is a text under development by members of the Division on Autism and Developmental Disabilities. The text is intended for use as a professional resource and graduate level text for preservice and inservice educators, psychologists, speech/ language therapists and clinicians…
Descriptors: Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Holistic Approach, Self Determination
Promoting Student Active Classroom Participation Skills through Instruction to Promote Self-Regulated Learning and Self-Determination
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Agran, Martin; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Cavin, Michael; Palmer, Susan – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2008
Promoting self-determination has been identified as a means to both promote access to the general education curriculum and focus on transition-related skills. In particular, the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI) has been found to be effective in producing successful transition and academic outcomes for students with cognitive…
Descriptors: General Education, Self Management, Classroom Techniques, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)