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Version 1.2 – Updated June 2023

Technology with learning needs students

Overview

  • Influence: Technology with learning needs students
  • Domain: Technology, School, and Out-of-School Strategies
  • Sub-Domain: Technology
  • Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
  • Influence Definition: The use of various computer technologies in the teaching of students with particular learning needs. These are different from common assistive technologies used for communication with students.

Evidence

  • Number of meta-analyses: 5
  • Number of studies: 125
  • Number of students: 10,223
  • Number of effects: 152
  • Weighted mean effect size: 0.60
  • Robustness index: 3

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title Author First Author's Country Article Name Year Published Variable Number of Studies Number of Students Number of Effects Effect Size
Journal of Special Education Schmidt, Weinstein, Niemic, & Walberg USA Computer-Assisted Instruction with Exceptional Children 1985 ICT with exceptional children 18 0 48 0.67
Computers and Education Seo & Bryant USA Analysis of studies of the effects of computer-assisted instruction on the mathematics performance of students with learning disabilities 2009 ICT with learning disabled 11 0 8 0.38
Dissertation McDermid USA A quantitative analysis of the literature on computer-assisted instruction with the learning-disabled and educable mentally retarded 1989 ICT on learning disabled and educable mentally retarded 15 0 15 0.57
Dissertation Ianno USA A Meta-Analysis of Research on the Effects of Computer-Assisted Instruction on Reading Achievement of Learning-Disabled Students 1995 ICT on reading of learning disabled 23 0 23 0.31
Remedial and Special Education Kroesbergen & Van Luit USA Mathematics Interventions for Children with Special Educational Needs: A Meta-Analysis 2003 ICT and Math with special education 58 10,223 58 0.75
TOTAL/AVERAGE 125 10,223 152 0.54
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