Teaching Social Skills

The Social and Academic Effects of Cooperative LEARN Strategy Instruction in Inclusive Elementary Classes

“…For individual scores, separate analyses were then performed for all students with exceptionalities and for AA students. On the measure of social behavior during group activities, a separate analysis was conducted for the subgroup of students with LD because these students were observed individually, and research has shown that these students tend to have social deficits (Kavale & Forness, 1996;McDaniel et al, 2019;Vaughn et al, 2004;. For each of the ANCOVAs, the dependent variable was the posttest score for a given measure, and the covariate was the pretest score for that measure.…”

“…In summary, some studies have shown that students with and without disabilities can learn basic social skills that might be useful while participating in a study group in inclusive classes. The instructional methods that have been successful for teaching a social skill in inclusive general education classes include describing the social skill, modeling the skill, ensuring students practice the skill to mastery, giving feedback on performance of the skill, and ensuring students generalize skill use in appropriate situations (e.g., Bruhn et al, 2019;Mariage et al, 2019;McDaniel et al, 2019;. Nevertheless, to date, no research has been published on the effects of teaching the more complex packages of social and academic skills that would be useful when studying and learning new information as a team in inclusive classroom settings.…”

“…In addition, information was gathered on the fidelity of the instruction and the social validity of the intervention. Because students with exceptionalities are often included in general education classes for instruction so that they can have social experiences and learn appropriate social behavior with peers (Barry, 1995;Choi et al, 2016;Fuchs & Fuchs, 1995;Sailor & Roger, 2005), this study not only focused on the whole group of students but also took a more finite look at the effects of the intervention on students with exceptionalities, including those with learning disabilities (LD) who are often designated as the least socially skilled students (McDaniel et al, 2019;Price et al, 1994;Vaughn et al, 2004).…”