Students as Causal Agents: Engagement in Course Selection

Autor/inn/en	Haarstad, Cathy; Borisinkoff, Evan; Weathers, Rhonda
Titel	Students as Causal Agents: Engagement in Course Selection
Quelle	In: Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, (2021), S.113-132 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2325-7466
Schlagwörter	Course Selection (Students); High School Students; Students with Disabilities; Self Determination; Context Effect; Web Sites; Decision Making; Student Attitudes; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Developmental Disabilities; High School Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Readability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Course selection; Student; Students; Kurswahl; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Disability; Disabilities; Behinderung; Selbstbestimmung; Web-Design; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Schülerverhalten; Autismus; Entwicklungsstörung; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Lesbarkeit
Abstract	While significant evidence indicates that making complex choices and decisions contributes to self-determination, the authors found no studies to date in which the phenomenon of engaging students with disabilities in choosing their high school courses was examined as a dependent variable. This phenomenological study explored how course-selection might serve as a means of enabling self-determination, which contextual factors might influence student engagement in course selection and how students with disabilities typically participate in course-selection. The main findings point to the high readability demands of many high-school course descriptions and established proof-of-concept on the feasibility of having a small (n=15) group of students with autism and developmental disabilities use a newly developed website to select courses and share preferences. Recommendations for improving the site as well as suggestions for further research are included. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01