Moving Beyond the Ableist Roots of Educational Psychology: Audit of the Field and a Path Forward

Emery, Alyssa; Louick, Rebecca; Sabrowsky, Justin

doi:10.1007/s10648-022-09673-6

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“…For special education researchers, working with experts in motivation theories based in a social cognitive approach might result in students having enhanced experiences that could make vocabulary interventions even more successful, and their results even longer lasting. Educational psychologists could find that their motivation TOPICS IN LANGUAGE DISORDERS/APRIL-JUNE 2023 theories would benefit from increased consideration of SWDs, given that this population has not been fully represented in their work (Emery et al, 2022). K-12 school-based educators who use these strategies with their students could then report back to a wider range of researchers about how classroom realities shape the practicality of applying study findings.…”

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Attending to Motivation During Vocabulary Interventions for Students With or at Risk for Learning Disabilities

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Emery

Muenks

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Topics in Language Disorders

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Evidence indicates that well-planned vocabulary interventions can be highly effective in helping students with language-based learning disabilities to develop the necessary vocabulary skills for literacy success. Although many researchers recognize the general importance of attending to psychological factors such as student motivation in developing successful interventions, the role that these factors play in vocabulary interventions designed specifically for students with learning disabilities has not yet been sufficiently considered. In this review, we synthesized the extant literature regarding when and how motivational components are addressed in vocabulary interventions for P-12 students with or at risk for learning disabilities. We found that successful vocabulary intervention programs for this student population most frequently address motivation through the constructs of goal setting and interest. Furthermore, operationalizing terms such as "motivation" (and related constructs) using theories established in the field of educational psychology may allow researchers to develop interventions that have positive, long-lasting impact by encouraging students with learning disabilities to persist at challenging tasks and by enabling them to more clearly see linkages between vocabulary learning and their personal and career goals.

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confidence: 99%