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Breach, Celena; McLaughlin, T. F.; Derby, K. Mark – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2016
The purpose of this study was to increase the spelling performance for a 4th grade student with learning disabilities. The second objective was to replicate the document with the efficacy of Copy, Cover, and Compare (CCC) in spelling. The study was conducted in a resource room in a low socio-economic school in the Pacific Northwest. The skill…
Descriptors: Spelling, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Intellectual Disability
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Lykken, Alyson; Wakeman, Julie; Neyman, Jennifer; McLaughlin, T. F.; Zumwalt, Kim – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2014
An objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of employing the SRA Decoding Strategies text on word recognition for a ninth grade male with a learning disability. The student was enrolled in a high school special education resource room in a large urban school district in the Pacific North west in a direct instruction reading resource…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Reading Strategies, Word Recognition, High School Students
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Bjordahl, Michaelyn; Talboy, Rebeccah; Neyman, Jennifer; McLaughlin, T. F.; Hoenike, Richelle – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2014
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a Direct Instruction (DI) flashcard system on the mastery, accuracy and fluency of basic division math facts (numbers 0-12) for a seventh grade boy, diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). The effects of the DI flashcard system were examined in a multiple baseline design across…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 7
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Mullaney, Lauren; Baker, Megan; Rutherford, Katie; Neyman, Jennifer; McLaughlin, T. F.; Stookey, Susan – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2014
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of the Direct Instruction REWARDS® program on reading complex words of two fifteen-year-old boys in a reading resource room. Both participants had difficulty in reading and were diagnosed as learning disabled. During baseline, both participants had difficulty in syllabication. The results showed…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
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Smith, Erin; McLaughlin, T. F.; Neyman, Jennifer; Rinaldi, Lisa – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2013
This study was designed to examine the effects of tracing and fading prompts to improve the handwriting of two preschoolers both diagnosed as Developmentally Delayed (DD) and one of whom had fine motor goals. The study took place in a self-contained special education public preschool classroom located in the Pacific Northwest. The results showed…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Developmental Delays, Preschool Children, Special Education
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Griffith, Jessica; McLaughlin, T. F.; Neyman, Jen; Donica, Denise K.; Robison, Milena – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2013
The purpose of this study was to evaluate and measure the effectiveness of Handwriting Without Tears (HWT) modified gray block paper with letter writing on two preschool students diagnosed with developmental delays in pre-academics. Two students were selected from a self-contained special education preschool classroom in the Pacific Northwest. All…
Descriptors: Handwriting, Teaching Methods, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Wilson, Josie; McLaughlin, T. F.; Derby, K. Mark; Conley, Diane – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2013
The purpose of this study was to increase the formation of the pre-handwriting skill of imitating lines and circles with two 2-year-old preschool students using a hand-over-hand prompting procedure. Both students attended a preschool special education classroom in a rural school district. During baseline, line and circle imitation for both…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Guidance, Handwriting, Prompting
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Amsberry, Gianna; McLaughlin, T. F.; Derby, K. Mark; Waco, Teresa – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2012
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of using the Davis Symbol Mastery Procedure for Words (Davis, 1994) for improving spelling skills. The participant was a fourth-grade male diagnosed with a significant learning disability. The intervention consisted of having the participant write each word, its definition, the word in a…
Descriptors: Spelling, Dyslexia, Grade 4, Males
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Pierce, Kevin D.; McLaughlin, T. F.; Neyman, J.; King, K. – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2012
The purpose the present research was to evaluate the efficacy of DI flashcards on the math performance of two students with behavior disorders. The number of correct digits per minute was assessed. The outcomes indicated the DI flashcards were somewhat effective in improving the number of math facts that each participant could correctly write.…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Mathematics Instruction, Multiplication, Direct Instruction