Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis of Treatment Outcomes - Hardcover

Swanson PhD, H. Lee; Hoskyn, Maureen; Lee, Carole; Swanson, H. Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572304499 ISBN 13: 9781572304499

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 1999

Synopsis

The first comprehensive quantitative analysis of intervention research in the learning disabilities field, this volume synthesizes the results of 272 scientifically credible group and single-subject studies in an effort to identify what works best for learning disabled children. The book examines pertinent findings on all academic, cognitive, and behavioral domains. Intervention outcomes are evaluated across instructional domains, sample characteristics, intervention parameters, methodological procedures, and article characteristics. Addressing such questions as the merits of inclusion settings and the relative benefits of direct and strategy instruction, Swanson offers timely recommendations for instructional design, assessment, and policy.

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About the Author

H. Lee Swanson, PhD, School of Education, University of California, Riverside

From the Back Cover

This book performs a real service for the field. Synthesis is desperately needed in any field where the diagnosticity of any one study is low--which is certainly the case in the learning disabilities field. I am very glad that Swanson and his colleagues have taken the initiative of embarking on this ambitious project. Finally, we will have a benchmark for the evaluation of treatment outcomes (Keith E. Stanovich, PhD, University of Toronto). AUTHORBIO: H. Lee Swanson, PhD, School of Education, University of California, Riverside

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Contents Introduction and Overview 1. Purpose and Perspective 2. Method 3. Group Design Studies 4. Single-Subject Design Studies 5. General Discussion 6. Implications Appendix A: Studies Selected for General Synthesis Appendix B: Sample of Studies Disqualified from Synthesis Appendix C: Coding Form Used for Each Study Appendix D: Effect Sizes for Studies Used in Regression Analysis by Dependent Measure Category Appendix E: Description of Studies

Edition details

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572304499
• ISBN 13: 9781572304499
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 714