Denise K Whitford
Biographic Data
| ID | 6008258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Denise K Whitford |
| GIVEN NAMES | Denise K |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitford |
| SIGNATURE | WHITFORD D K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8547-3522 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Systematic Quality Review of Technology-Aided Reading Interventions for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Technology has been widely used to teach reading skills to students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the quality of research backing up this practice has not yet been fully investigated. The purpose of this review was to examine the quality of research on technology-aided reading interventions for students with ASD and summarize study characteristics of research studies with meeting the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) design standards. A t…
Soft and hard variables in determining pre‐service teachers' intentions and decisions to pursue a special education career
This study examined the roles of hard variables and soft variables in determining college teachers' intentions to pursue a special education career and education majors' actual decisions to major in special education. This study surveyed 243 college students taking special education courses at a state university, including 213 education majors. The survey questions included four blocks of variables, pertaining to demographics, training and work e…
Divergent Discourse in Disproportionality Research: A Response to Kauffman and Anastasiou (2019)
This article is in response to Kauffman and Anastasiou, wherein the authors initiate discussion regarding the cultural politics within special education identification and placement, particularly surrounding the issue of disproportionality. In this article, we identified four points of discussion regarding societal implications of disproportionality; the roles of (a) divergent ideologies; (b) access and advantage; (c) adult, adolescent, and child…
Empathy Intervention to Reduce Implicit Bias in Pre-Service Teachers
There have been long-term concerns regarding discriminatory discipline practices used with culturally and linguistically diverse students, with little research on the impact teacher-centered empathy interventions may have on this population. This randomized pretest-posttest control group design investigates the ability of a brief empathy-inducing intervention to improve the implicit bias of pre-service teachers, as measured by the Implicit Associ…
School Discipline Disproportionality: American Indian Students in Special Education
Divergent Discourse in Disproportionality Research: A Response to Kauffman and Anastasiou (2019)
This article is in response to Kauffman and Anastasiou, wherein the authors initiate discussion regarding the cultural politics within special education identification and placement, particularly surrounding the issue of disproportionality. In this article, we identified four points of discussion regarding societal implications of disproportionality; the roles of (a) divergent ideologies; (b) access and advantage; (c) adult, adolescent, and child…
School Discipline Disproportionality: American Indian Students in Special Education
School Discipline Disproportionality: American Indian Students in Special Education
Empathy Intervention to Reduce Implicit Bias in Pre-Service Teachers
There have been long-term concerns regarding discriminatory discipline practices used with culturally and linguistically diverse students, with little research on the impact teacher-centered empathy interventions may have on this population. This randomized pretest-posttest control group design investigates the ability of a brief empathy-inducing intervention to improve the implicit bias of pre-service teachers, as measured by the Implicit Associ…
Divergent Discourse in Disproportionality Research: A Response to Kauffman and Anastasiou (2019)
This article is in response to Kauffman and Anastasiou, wherein the authors initiate discussion regarding the cultural politics within special education identification and placement, particularly surrounding the issue of disproportionality. In this article, we identified four points of discussion regarding societal implications of disproportionality; the roles of (a) divergent ideologies; (b) access and advantage; (c) adult, adolescent, and child…
Soft and hard variables in determining pre‐service teachers' intentions and decisions to pursue a special education career
This study examined the roles of hard variables and soft variables in determining college teachers' intentions to pursue a special education career and education majors' actual decisions to major in special education. This study surveyed 243 college students taking special education courses at a state university, including 213 education majors. The survey questions included four blocks of variables, pertaining to demographics, training and work e…
A Systematic Quality Review of Technology-Aided Reading Interventions for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Technology has been widely used to teach reading skills to students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but the quality of research backing up this practice has not yet been fully investigated. The purpose of this review was to examine the quality of research on technology-aided reading interventions for students with ASD and summarize study characteristics of research studies with meeting the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) design standards. A t…
Psychology (5 works) · Education Discipline and Inequality (3 works) · Special education (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Intervention (counseling (2 works) · Medical education (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Political science (2 works)