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Performance Measurement and Accommodation: Students with Visual Impairments on Pennsylvania's Alternate Assessment
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Zebehazy, Kim T.; Zigmond, Naomi; Zimmerman, George J. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
Introduction: This study investigated the use of accommodations and the performance of students with visual impairments and severe cognitive disabilities on the Pennsylvania Alternate System of Assessment (PASA)yCoan alternate performance-based assessment. Methods: Differences in test scores on the most basic level (level A) of the PASA of 286…
Descriptors: Test Items, Visual Impairments, Alternative Assessment, Special Needs Students
Ability or Access-Ability: Differential Item Functioning of Items on Alternate Performance-Based Assessment Tests for Students with Visual Impairments
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Zebehazy, Kim T.; Zigmond, Naomi; Zimmerman, George J. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
Introduction: This study investigated differential item functioning (DIF) of test items on Pennsylvania's Alternate System of Assessment (PASA) for students with visual impairments and severe cognitive disabilities and what the reasons for the differences may be. Methods: The Wilcoxon signed ranks test was used to analyze differences in the scores…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Test Items, Alternative Assessment, Visual Impairments
A Pilot Study of a Self-Voicing Computer Program for Prealgebra Math Problems
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Beal, Carole R.; Rosenblum, L. Penny; Smith, Derrick W. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
Fourteen students with visual impairments in Grades 5-12 participated in the field-testing of AnimalWatch-VI-Beta. This computer program delivered 12 prealgebra math problems and hints through a self-voicing audio feature. The students provided feedback about how the computer program can be improved and expanded to make it accessible to all users.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Visual Impairments, Computer Software, Educational Technology
Alcohol Use in German Adolescents with Visual Impairments and Sighted Adolescents
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Pinquart, Martin; Pfeiffer, Jens P. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2010
Alcohol use was studied in 158 adolescents with visual impairments and 537 sighted adolescents in Germany. The students with visual impairments reported lower levels of alcohol use and drunkenness, and between-group differences increased across adolescence. The lower alcohol use by students with visual impairments was explained, in part, by the…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Drinking, Adolescents, Peer Groups
The Digital Social Interactions of Students with Visual Impairments: Findings from Two National Surveys
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Kelly, Stacy M.; Smith, Thomas J. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2008
This study compared the use of computers and telephones by preadolescent and adolescent students with visual impairments and those with other disabilities using data from the Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study and the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2. It found that both groups of students with visual impairments used computers…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, National Surveys, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology