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Organization Strategies To Enhance Math Performance Of High School Students With Attention Deficit Disorders, Martina Wilkerson
Organization Strategies To Enhance Math Performance Of High School Students With Attention Deficit Disorders, Martina Wilkerson
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Will the use of organizational strategies and tools improve overall academic performance for students with attention deficit disorders in a high school resource room math setting? The student participants in this study were taught to use organizational strategies and tools including an assignment completion strategy, a task analysis, and notebook checks to improve their classroom participation, assignment completion, and assessment scores. The overall results indicate that the students slightly improved their academic performance upon the implementation of organizational strategies and tools. Of the data reported, 37% of the students with ADHD and 40% of students without ADHD showed improvement because …
An Investigation Of The Use Of The Ipad And Textbooks On The Achievement Of Students With Special Needs In Algebra, Ahmet Kilic
An Investigation Of The Use Of The Ipad And Textbooks On The Achievement Of Students With Special Needs In Algebra, Ahmet Kilic
Theses and Dissertations
Educational leaders and policy-makers assume that replacing the technological tools currently used in schools with new, portable ones will result in widespread usage of the device for educational purposes by students and teacher, and an increase in student achievement. This study examines these assumptions with twenty students taking an Algebra-2 course in a northern New Jersey charter school. The mixed methodology used in this study included classroom observations and assessments, surveys for both students and teachers, and interviews with parents through home visits. Findings show that iPad integration in an Algebra-2 class led to a slight increase in student achievement, …