ERIC Number: EJ1160915
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Publication Date: 2017
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Technology-Aided Instruction and Intervention for Students with ASD: A Meta-Analysis Using Novel Methods of Estimating Effect Sizes for Single-Case Research
Barton, Erin E.; Pustejovsky, James E.; Maggin, Daniel M.; Reichow, Brian
Remedial and Special Education, v38 n6 p371-386 Nov-Dec 2017
The adoption of methods and strategies validated through rigorous, experimentally oriented research is a core professional value of special education. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis examining the experimental literature on Technology-Aided Instruction and Intervention (TAII) using research identified as part of the National Autism Professional Development Project. We applied novel between-case effect size methods to the TAII single-case research base. In addition, we used meta-analytic methodologies to examine the methodological quality of the research, calculate average effect sizes to quantify the level of evidence for TAII, and compare effect sizes across single-case and group-based experimental research. Results identified one category of TAII--computer-assisted instruction--as an evidence-based practice across both single-case and group studies. The remaining two categories of TAII--augmentative and alternative communication and virtual reality--were not identified as evidence-based using What Works Clearinghouse summary ratings.
Descriptors: Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Meta Analysis, Effect Size, Special Education, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Evidence Based Practice, Case Studies, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Computer Simulation, Graduate Students, Literature Reviews
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