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Garrels, Veerle; Palmer, Susan B. – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
In this single-case experimental design study, eight adolescents with mild intellectual disability (ID) participated in a 3-month intervention with the Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction. Findings indicate that student-directed learning may enable students with ID to increase their academic achievements, and the authors explore how this…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Mild Intellectual Disability, Intervention, Self Determination
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Meral, Bekir F.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Ruh, Anil B.; Yilmaz, Engin – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Parenting styles and practices are crucial in promoting the self-determination of children. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the role of parenting styles and practices in enhancing the self-determination of children with/without intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The present study was carried out with a sample of…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Self Determination, Children, Intellectual Disability
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Adams, Anne-Marie; Wilson, Hannah; Money, Julie; Palmer-Conn, Susan; Fearn, Jamie – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2020
Academic self-efficacy, the belief that one can achieve desired academic goals plays an important role in learning. This study aimed to determine the extent to which academic self-efficacy mediates relationships between students' perceptions of feedback and their academic attainment. An opportunity sample of 232 students (123 female) in their…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Feedback (Response), Educational Attainment, Self Efficacy
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Zheng, Yuzhu; Maude, Susan P.; Brotherson, Mary Jane; Summers, Jean Ann; Palmer, Susan B.; Erwin, Elizabeth J. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2015
Building foundational skills in the early years for the later development of self-determination in adulthood for individuals with disabilities is important in the United States, but little research has been conducted to examine whether these skills are as important in other countries. In this phenomenological study, seven family interviews were…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Foreign Countries, Phenomenology, Interviews