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Effectiveness and Trends in Application based Intervention for Students with Disabilities

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2015, 16(3), pp.225-249
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

Joungmin Kim 1 차태희 1 김현호 1 이민희 1 이주미 1 장윤희 1

1순천향대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to synthesize the application(App) based intervention literature for students with disabilities. To reach the purpose and search the literature in Korea and abroad that is related to this subject. Through the search process with the criterion of inclusion, a total of 35 studies resulted. According to the analysis process, overall characteristic were established and calculations of the effect size were done (PND, PAND) with 31 single subject design studies(two studies were excluded), as well as the implication provided regarding how to develop or extend it for students with disabilities were considered. According to the result, 145 students with disabilities were included in 35 experimental studies. Most of the studies' reliabilities were high (ranged 90-100%), however, only a few studies included social validity, intervention fidelity, and a generalization stage. For the characters, 14 studies used App that were to increase academic skills (e.g., math, language), 8 studies were used for increasing the daily skills, and 5 studies were used for communication method (e.g., AAC). Intervention methods used were mainly two, one was self-instruction in (14 studies) and the other was direct instruction by teachers or authors (17 studies). The types of App were mainly commercial App in (19 studies) or developed a specific App by the author or professionals only for the study in 16 studies. 23 studies of applications’ OS supporting types were IOS based and 11 were Android based App. The effect size was overly high (PND=94.66, PAND=91.18). The most effective independent application was problem-solving and Job-related skills was resulted medium effect size(PND=88.33, PAND=78.43). Also, discussion and implication were provided based on the review of these studies.

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