Writing in a Multimedia Environment: Pilot Outcomes for High School Students in Special Education

This study examined outcomes of using a generative multimedia environment for writing. Students in grades 9 to 12 enrolled in a special education language arts class participated in an eight-week intervention during which they wrote five stories that included pictures, audio, and text. Stories were...

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Published inJournal of special education technology Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 27 - 38
Main Authors Rao, Kavita, Dowrick, Peter W., Yuen, JoAnn W. L., Boisvert, Precille C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.03.2009
Technology and Media Division of the Council for Exceptional Children
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Behavior
Grade 5
Hawaii
High School Students
Intervention
Language Arts
Learner Engagement
Learning disabilities
Learning Processes
Multimedia Materials
Pretests Posttests
Process Approach (Writing)
R&D
Research & development
Secondary schools
Skills
Software
Special Education
Speeches
Spelling
Student attitudes
Studies
Writing Achievement
Writing Improvement
Hawaii
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Summary:This study examined outcomes of using a generative multimedia environment for writing. Students in grades 9 to 12 enrolled in a special education language arts class participated in an eight-week intervention during which they wrote five stories that included pictures, audio, and text. Stories were scored using a Hawaii standards-based rubric assessment. Statistically significant differences were found when scores on the first and last stories were compared. Teams with lower pretest scores appeared to benefit the most from the intervention. A teacher interview revealed several affective outcomes in student writing behaviors, student engagement, and motivation.
ISSN:0162-6434
2381-3121
DOI:10.1177/016264340902400103