All students must review one article related to assessment and students with mild disabilities.  The purpose of this review is for you to consider current research or practices related to assessment.  You also get practice analyzing the article for implications to research and practice.

All article reviews must follow APA guidelines for citation of the journal article.  Journals that feature articles on assessment include:  Exceptional Children, Journal of Learning Disabilities, RASE, Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, Journal of Behavior Disorders, ...

Review of Research Article:

Research articles have a definite design. The authors of these articles will explain in detail research with a group of students, surveys, or single subjects. These articles always include a description of the research question, participants and setting, methodology including the statistical design, results and implications. This critique does not have to be in paragraph format but can be an outline including the listed points.

• Article citation: (practice APA style here)
• Research question
• Subjects
• Settings
• Research methodology:
• Design
• Dependent variable (what changed, measures)
• Independent variable (the treatment or the teaching methodology)
• Results
• Discussion/Implications
• Your analysis of the research, relationship to this course, and implications related to classroom work. How does the research described compare to the information in your text?

A case study or qualitative research will include a description of the students, setting and the teaching methods. A case study can discuss implications of observations, interviews, and/or critiques of student work. Theoretical models discuss perspectives for organizing thoughts or previous ideas on a topic. You can include articles related to the use of technology for students with learning disabilities in this category. Include

• Article citation: (practice APA style here)
• Brief Statement of the author's purpose
• Students/Teachers
• Settings
• Design: Case study research, Description of teaching model, observations, interviews
• Results
• Discussion/Implications
• Your analysis of the description, relationship to this course, and implications related to classroom work. How does the case described compare to the information in your text?

A review of a topic related to special education and types of assessment treatments (i.e., high stakes testing)

• Article citation: (practice APA style here)
• Brief Statement of the author's purpose
• Model, theory, or treatments discussed
• Settings/Students/Situations
• Discussion/Implications
• Your analysis of the discussion, relationship to this course, and implications related to classroom work. How does the model or treatment described compare to the information in your text?

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