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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Spencer, Vicky G.; Evmenova, Anya S.; Boon, Richard T.; Hayes-Harris, Laura – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2014
The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive review of the published research-based strategies used in content area instruction for students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Twenty-eight (N = 28) studies published from 2000-2012 that met the criteria for inclusion were located, reviewed, and synthesized. Findings revealed the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Teaching Methods
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Waters, Hugh E.; Boon, Richard T. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
This study investigated the effects of the TouchMath[C] program (Bullock, Pierce,&McClellan, 1989) to teach students with mild intellectual disabilities to subtract 3-digit money computational problems with regrouping. Three students with mild intellectual disabilities in high school received instruction in a special education mathematics…
Descriptors: Mild Mental Retardation, Mental Retardation, Self Contained Classrooms, Computation
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Fletcher, Dale; Boon, Richard T.; Cihak, David F. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
The purpose of this study was to systematically replicate and extend previous studies of the TOUCHMATH program, a multi-sensory mathematics program (Bullock, Pierce, & McClellan, 1989). Three middle school students with moderate and multiple disabilities (e.g., autism and moderate intellectual disabilities) participated. Students were taught how…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Moderate Mental Retardation, Mathematics Instruction, Multiple Disabilities