Technology-aided instruction and intervention for students with ASD: A meta-analysis using novel methods of estimating effect sizes for single-case research
- Forfatter(e)
- Barton, E. E. Pustejovsky, J. E. Maggin, D. M. Reichow, B.
- År
- 2017
- Tidsskrift
- Remedial and Special Education
- Sider
- 371-386
- Kategori(er)
- Autismespekter
- Tiltakstype(r)
- E-helsetiltak (spill, internett, telefon)
- Abstract
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.
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