ERIC Number: EJ1447434
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Oct
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0014-4029
EISSN: EISSN-2163-5560
Single-Case Effect Size Distributions for Interventions Designed to Improve Engagement in Elementary Schools
Jennifer R. Ledford; Sienna A. Windsor; Jason C. Chow; Paige Bennett Eyler
Exceptional Children, v91 n1 p5-20 2024
Engagement behaviors are crucial for school success and are often targeted for improvement in school-based interventions. It may be helpful for both researchers and school-based practitioners to understand the likely impacts of interventions on engagement behaviors (e.g., to understand the extent to which engagement behaviors might change with treatment). For single-case studies designed to answer demonstration questions (i.e., including a baseline condition) and that were conducted in elementary classroom settings (N = 131), we calculated log response ratio and within-case standardized mean difference effect sizes for engagement dependent variables to establish benchmarks. We described differences based on study characteristics (functional relation determination, publication status, primacy of outcome), disability status of participants, and implementation characteristics (group size, implementer). Effect sizes (645 A-B comparisons) were heterogenous and varied based on functional relation determination, disability status, and implementation variables. More research is needed about additional variables that might explain heterogenous outcomes, especially for children with autism and behavioral disorders.
Descriptors: Intervention, Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students, Student Behavior, Students with Disabilities, Program Implementation, Student Characteristics, Effect Size, Educational Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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