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Center for Research on Learning: Recent submissions
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Promoting self-determination for transition-age youth: Views of high school general and special educators
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2008)Recent developments in policy and practice have emphasized the importance of promoting self-determination and supporting access to the general curriculum for youth with disabilities. To understand how these trends align, ... -
Outcomes of a teacher-led reading intervention for elementary students at-risk for behavioral disorders
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2007)To date, reports of reading interventions for students at risk for emotional/behavioral disorders (E/BD) that have been published in refereed journals have involved sustained support by university or school-site personnel. ... -
Teacher expectations of student's classroom behavior across the grade span: Which social skills are necessary for success?
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2006)This study explored teachers' (N = 717) expectations of student behavior along school level (elementary vs. middle vs. high), pro-am type (general vs. special education), and school type (high risk vs. low risk). Results ... -
Self-Determination Skills and Opportunities of Transition-Age Youth With Emotional Disturbance and Learning Disabilities
(Council for Exceptional Childen, 2006)This study examined the self-determination of adolescents with emotional disturbance (ED) and learning disabilities (LD)from the perspectives of special educators, parents, and the students themselves. Differences in ... -
Academic Achievement of K-12 Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
(Council for Exceptional Children, 2004)This cross-sectional study was conducted with a random sample of 155 K'12 students served in public school settings and established the extent to which students with emotional/behavioral disorders (E/BD) experience ... -
Strategy Mastery by At-Risk Students: Not a Simple Matter
(University of Chicago Press, 1993)Teachers have succeeded in teaching at-risk students, including those with learning disabilities, to master and apply complex learning strategies. The majority of this instruction has been provided in resource rooms ... -
Tier one teacher-implemented self-regulated strategy development for students with and without behavior challenges: A randomized controlled trial
(University of Chicago Press, 2012)This study took place in the context of schools collaborating with a local university to implement an evidence-based, 3-tiered model of prevention and supports targeting academic, behavioral, and social goals. We examined ... -
Addressing Antisocial Behavior in the Schools: A Call for Action
(Rapid Intellect, 2002)Due to the co-occurrence of externalizing behaviors and academic deficits, children with or at-risk for antisocial behavior are among the most difficult children to teach. Therefore, it is important for general and special ... -
Discrepancy among Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Social Security, and functional disability measurement
(Disability and Health Journal, 2012-01)The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 (P.L. 111-148) Section 4302 requires the development of federal standards for the measurement of disability status in order to monitor health disparities and quality of care among this ... -
Assessment and Instruction of Oral Reading Fluency Among Adults with Low Literacy
(Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2011)We statistically examined 295 low-literacy adults’ oral reading fluency measured by total word and word error rates with connected prose. Based on four fluency ability groupings in relation to standardized assessments ... -
Literacy Practices Among Adult Education Participants
(Reading Research Quarterly, 2007)Readers’ individual literacy practices involve a variety of materials such as books, newspapers, magazines, technical materials and work documents. This study explored the relationship between readership (reading as a form ... -
Efficacy of Learning Strategies Instruction in Adult Basic Education
(Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011)Results from randomized controlled trials of learning strategies instruction with 375 adult basic education (AE) participants are reported. Reading outcomes from whole group strategic instruction in one of four learning ... -
Reading Comprehension Strategies for Adult Literacy Outcomes
(International Literacy Association, 2005-11)Although research on improving child literacy is converging, no such body of research exists for adult literacy. Yet the need is no less significant. This study extends the knowledge garnered with younger populations by ... -
Program Characteristics that Predict Improved Learner Outcomes
(Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2007-06)This study identifies adult education program characteristics that predict improved learner outcomes through statistical analyses of data across four years in a single state. Data indicate that, collectively, several ... -
Contrasting Adult Literacy Learners With and Without Specific Learning Disabilities
(Remedial and Special Education, 2008-04)Contrasting adult literacy learners with and without specific learning disabilities This study of 311 adult education (AE) learners found 29% self-reported having a specific learning disability (SLD). Significant differences ... -
Response to Intervention Screening and Progress Monitoring Practices in 41 Local Schools
(Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2009)This study describes response to intervention (RTI) screening and progress monitoring instruments and procedures in 41 local school settings. For screening the schools most often used published reading assessments or ... -
Assessing the Health Care Needs of Kansas' Young Adults with Disabilities
(The Kansas Nurse, 2007-08)Youth with disabilities comprise a special category of children with disabilities because they are in transition from a health care environment that includes parental and school-based supports to one that requires independence ... -
Working Healthy-A Medicaid Buy-In for Kansas
(Working Healthy Policy Brief Number 1. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 2002-10)While official national unemployment estimates hover between 5-7%, reported unemployment for persons with disabilities are almost ten times that, estimated at a disturbing 70% (National Organization on Disability, 2000). ... -
Early Enrollment in Working Healthy: Program Features Make a Difference
(Working Healthy Policy Brief Number 3. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 2003-05)Working Healthy allows persons with disabilities the opportunity to increase their earnings and assets without jeopardizing their Medicaid health insurance coverage. Working Healthy has been in operation in Kansas for ... -
Working Healthy: Getting the Job Done
(Working Healthy Policy Brief Number 4. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 2003-11)When the Ticket to Work/Work Incentives Improvement Act (TW-WIIA) was passed in 1999, Congress acknowledges that the potential loss of Medicaid and/or Medicare coverage for people with disabilities who attained or increased ...