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Henry, Alyssa R.; Solari, Emily J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2022
Many children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience associated difficulties in reading comprehension. This may be due to the social nature of fictional texts, which require the reader to interpret what characters are thinking and feeling and to make inferences about the cause and effect between events in a story. This paper outlines…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension
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Ashcroft, Katie; Etmanski, Brittany; Fannon, Anne-Marie; Pretti, T. Judene – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2021
Student performance evaluations are a traditional method for assessing a student's skills during a work-integrated learning (WIL) experience. While these assessments provide students with feedback on the development of their skills, little documentation of student performance exists after the WIL experience. This paper explores the role of…
Descriptors: Credentials, Work Experience Programs, College Students, Foreign Countries
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Siegel, John; Morris, Martin; Stevens, Gregg A. – College & Research Libraries, 2020
While previous studies have examined lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) information needs, none have addressed librarian confidence in addressing LGBTQ-themed information needs or the factors affecting this confidence. The authors used a mixed-methods survey to assess the knowledge and perspectives of academic librarians in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Librarian Attitudes, LGBTQ People
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Edwards, Nicole Megan; Lieberman-Betz, Rebecca; Wiegand, Sarah – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2023
Background: It is highly recommended that professionals promote caregivers' capacity-building to use intervention strategies to support children with developmental delays or disabilities in natural learning environments, particularly in the earliest years of life. There is a gap, however, in understanding the extent to which these professionals…
Descriptors: Parents with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Mental Disorders, Comorbidity
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Hoffman, Holly; Hengesbach, Marie; Trotter, Shana – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2020
Many people believe supportive environments inclusive of all populations are of utmost importance. However, a concern centers on the language used to refer to individuals with disabilities, as some support person-first language, and others oppose this practice that became more popular in the late 1980's and early 1990's. Person-first language is…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Students, Language Usage, Student Attitudes
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Ece Avinç; Fatih Dogan – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The study aimed to develop a Likert-type measurement tool (Digital Literacy Scale, DLS) to determine the digital literacy levels of secondary school students. The validity and reliability of the developed measurement tool were verified using the Rasch model. The Rasch Model can estimate missing data and allow for small study groups (Rasch, Rasch,…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Secondary School Students, Validity, Reliability
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Ito, Hiroshi; Takeuchi, Shinichi – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
The case method (CM) is a powerful instructional tool for promoting active learning and has been encouraged by a number of universities and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan. In this context, the current research examined Japanese university instructors' understanding of this method, their practices in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Active Learning
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Almeida, António; García Fernández, Beatriz; Strecht-Ribeiro, Orlando – Journal of Biological Education, 2020
The present study compared Portuguese and Spanish children in the 6th year of primary school in terms of their knowledge and live experience of animals from the Iberian Peninsula (IP) and the African savannah. A questionnaire was administered to 420 children from state schools, 215 from Portugal and 205 from Spain. The questionnaire included…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 6, Elementary School Science
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Yoshida, Masami; Khlaisang, Jintavee; Xiong, Chun – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2020
This study examined the effects of introducing a Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) in global education at the university lesson. The indexes of GPI were organised using dashboard indexes of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Data on the students' impression and evaluation scores of their reports were compared. It was found…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Sustainable Development, Student Attitudes
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Vincent, Jonathan; Ralston, Kevin – Oxford Review of Education, 2020
This current study draws on data from a large sample of trainee teachers in England to provide a long overdue baseline assessment of the knowledge of autism. It has particular import given the recent research that shows that 60% of autistic young people identified 'having a teacher who understands autism' as the main thing that would make school…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Level, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Firat, Tahsin; Koyuncu, Ilhan – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2022
People acquire professional knowledge and skills throughout university education during which their social relations network, orientation and social perceptions are also shaped. Due to the importance of university education period, the purpose of this study was to determine the social distance levels of the university students towards individuals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disability, College Students, Social Distance
Pouya Vakili – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The main purpose of this dissertation is to examine the (in)effectiveness of the Usage-based grammar approach through explicit instruction of adverbials in the US educational context. One area that can complicate the question of native speakers' grammar knowledge is their awareness of grammatical terms and their functions. Along with exploring…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Usage, Form Classes (Languages), Writing Instruction
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Freer, John R. R. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2023
Inclusive education is a philosophy and practice that has been promoted internationally. Most scholars now agree that inclusion is more than the placement of students with exceptionalities in a general education class. Instead, definitions of inclusion have expanded to encompass feelings of belongingness. This definition is an improvement, but…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Intervention
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Sumnall, Harry; Atkinson, Amanda; Gage, Suzanne; Hamilton, Ian; Montgomery, Catharine – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: Stigma reduction is an important public health challenge because of the large morbidity and mortality associated with some forms of substance use. Extreme stigma can lead to dehumanisation of target groups, who are ascribed with lesser humanity. The authors examined whether there was blatant and subtle dehumanisation of people who use…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Narcotics, Drug Abuse, Young Adults
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Zhang, Tianqi – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2021
This study, based on a series of surveys conducted at a national university in Western Japan examines perceptions of homosexual men in contemporary Japanese society specifically from the perspective of college students. Through the investigation of a variety of elements that shape attitudes among the younger generation such as personal background…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Males, Homosexuality, College Students
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