RDE-FRI: The Effectiveness of Texas Instruments Navigator Technology on Algebra I Achievement and Attitudes of High School Students with Learning Disabilities or Who are "At Risk"

RDE-FRI项目：德克萨斯仪器导航仪技术对有学习障碍或“有风险”的高中生代数I成绩和态度的有效性是一个为期36个月、价值299,924美元的项目，由残疾教育研究（RDE）项目的重点研究倡议（FRI）项目资助。该项目的主要目标是确定在高中代数课程中使用德州仪器导航仪（TIN）技术对有学习障碍或有学业失败风险的学生的有效性。这个经验丰富的团队来自密西西比大学，由一位数学教育专家和另一位特殊教育专家领导，他们正在进行一项准实验研究，研究TIN技术对学生数学成绩的影响，以及对高中数学使用技术的态度。这项调查涉及密西西比州北部10所公立学校约1000名参加代数I课程的高中生，其中包括约100名有学习障碍的学生。40节代数课被随机分配到干预组，学生使用计算器和TIN技术，或对照组，学生只使用计算器。TIN技术包括计算器集线器和一台带有投影仪的计算机，教师可以监控学生的计算器作业，并向全班展示学生的作业。该团队与德州仪器的行业合作为学生提供了接触数学技术的机会，并为高中数学教师提供了专业发展培训，以确保TIN技术的成功教学使用。该项目解决了FRI的两项目标：调查STEM中残疾人士的有效教学方法和实践；并通过在教育环境中实施技术的使用，为残疾人在STEM方面的教育增加价值。该项目包括一个形成性和总结性的项目评估，由来自夏威夷大学的经验丰富的外部评估员Paul Brandon进行。还有一个传播计划，包括为专业人士提供视频和音频播客，在全国数学教师委员会（NCTM）的年会上介绍信息，在同行评审的数学和特殊教育期刊上发表文章，以及与国际数学教育心理学小组和NCTM的专业领导分享结果。

The project RDE-FRI: The Effectiveness of Texas Instruments Navigator Technology on the Algebra I Achievement and Attitudes of High School Students with Learning Disabilities or Who are "At Risk" is a 36-month, $299,924 dollar award funded by the Research in Disabilities Education (RDE) program's Focused Research Initiatives (FRI) track. The primary goal of this project is to determine the effectiveness of using Texas Instruments Navigator (TIN) technology with students who have learning disabilities, or who are at risk for academic failure, in high school algebra coursework. The experienced team, which is from the University of Mississippi and which is lead by one expert in math education and another professional with expertise in special education, is conducting a quasi-experimental study of the impact of the TIN technology on student math achievement and attitudes toward the use of technology in high school math. This investigation involves approximately 1,000 high school students taking Algebra I classes at ten (10) public schools in northern Mississippi, including approximately 100 students who have learning disabilities. Forty (40) algebra classes are randomly assigned to an intervention group, where students use calculators and TIN technology, or to a control group where students only use calculators. The TIN technology includes hubs for the calculators and a computer with a projector allowing teachers to monitor students' calculator work and to display student work for the entire class. The team's industry collaboration with Texas Instruments provides students with access to math technology and offers professional development training for high school math teachers to ensure successful instructional use of the TIN technology. The project addresses two (2) of the FRI track goals: To investigate effective instructional methods and practices for people with disabilities in STEM; and to add value to the education of persons with disabilities in STEM by implementing the use of technologies in educational environments. The project includes a formative and summative project evaluation which is being conducted by an experienced external evaluator, Paul Brandon, from the University of Hawaii. There is also a dissemination plan which includes providing video and audio podcasts for professionals, presenting information at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), publishing in peer-reviewed math and special education journals, and sharing results with the professional leadership of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and NCTM.