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The Quinnipiac University School of Education offers certificate, master’s degree and advanced diploma programs designed to empower graduates to become a positive force of change across a variety of school-based and corporate learning environments.
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Empowering K–12 Students With Disabilities to Learn Computational Thinking and Computer Programming
Content type: Journal Article
More and more, K-12 schools are integrating computing and computer science into the general curriculum. Special educators are increasingly finding themselves providing support to students with disabilities who are learning computing along with their peers...
Promoting Inclusion, Social Connections, and Learning Through Peer Support Arrangements
Content type: Journal Article
Ensuring students with severe disabilities access the rich relationship and learning opportunities available within general education classrooms is an important—but challenging—endeavor. Although one-to-one paraprofessionals often accompany students in...
Designing and Implementing Group Contingencies in the Classroom
Content type: Journal Article
Group contingencies are an evidence-based proactive classroom behavior management system designed for teachers to implement during instruction. These practical programs reward groups or teams of students’ contingent on following explicitly stated...
Efficacy of Peer Networks to Increase Social Connections Among High School Students With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder
Content type: Journal Article
Although peer interaction takes on increased salience during adolescence, such social connections remain elusive for many high school students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This social isolation can be particularly prevalent within unstructured...
Randomized Evaluation of Peer Support Arrangements to Support the Inclusion of High School Students With Severe Disabilities
Content type: Journal Article
Enhancing the social and learning experiences of students with severe disabilities in inclusive classrooms has been a long-standing focus of research, legislative, and advocacy efforts. The authors used a randomized controlled experimental design to...
Efficacy of Teachers Training Paraprofessionals to Implement Peer Support Arrangements
Content type: Journal Article
Although peer support arrangements are a promising strategy to promote inclusion in general education classrooms, previous studies have not addressed how paraprofessionals might implement this strategy under typical circumstances without extensive...
Peer-Mediated Intervention: Enhancing the Social Conversational Skills of Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Content type: Journal Article
High school can be a lonely place for adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), who although may have acquired spoken language, often struggle with language use during social conversation. Conversation takes on a central role in high school social...
Guided Practice for Complex, Multistep Procedures in Algebra: Scaffolding Through Worked Solutions
Content type: Journal Article
Students with learning disabilities (LD) struggle with many aspects of mathematics, and tasks requiring reasoning and explaining in algebra and other higher-level mathematics courses are often especially challenging. Solving problems correctly is part of...
Creating Inclusive Music Classrooms Through Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies
Content type: Journal Article
Music classrooms are diverse and joyful; however, it can be challenging for music teachers to meet the needs of all students. One approach to enhancing the music learning of students with disabilities is to use peer-assisted learning strategies (PALs). The...
Effects of a Multicomponent Peer Mediated Intervention on Social Communication of Preschoolers With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Content type: Journal Article
The absence of direct intervention and peer and staff training can contribute to social isolation in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Effective interventions are needed to realize the benefits of inclusive education. This study examines the...