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Adibsereshki, Narges; Abkenar, Somaye Jalil; Ashoori, Mohammad; Mirzamani, Mahmood – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2015
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two kinds of reinforcements, tangible reinforcements and social reinforcements, on the academic achievement of eighth-grade female students with intellectual disabilities in the science subject. The study was an experimental method by pretest, with a control group. The participants of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Middle School Students, Intellectual Disability, Females
Johnson, Kade Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
High opportunities to respond (OTR) have been touted as being a key factor in a popular and effective drill procedure called incremental rehearsal (IR). However, IR has also been criticized because it takes more instructional time than other drill procedures and can be less time efficient. The current study compared the effectiveness and…
Descriptors: Sight Vocabulary, Word Recognition, Artificial Languages, Retention (Psychology)
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Wilson, Gloria Lodato; Kim, Sun A.; Michaels, Craig A. – Journal of Special Education, 2013
The focus of this study was on increasing the knowledge base on students with disabilities at the secondary level. Data were gathered on 559 classified secondary students with disabilities served in four educational options: cotaught classes, resource rooms, alternate day support programs, and no direct supports. Results indicate that there are…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Disabilities, Classification, Student Placement