Pick a Topic
- Partnering with CLD families
- Strategies for communication between home and school
- Involving families in the IEP process - parents & students
- Family-teacher collaboration in the transition process
- Collaborating with related service providers
- Respite care/guardianship
- Collaborating about challenging behaviors
- Working with peer tutors
- Challenges for siblings and families of a student with a disability
Find Articles
- Education Source
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A large, online digital library focused on a broad range of educational topics in scholarly articles, news, magazines and trade journals. - PsycINFO via EBSCOhost
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One of the top resources for research in psychology and the behavioral and social sciences. Includes information on topics ranging from education to pharmacology.
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Need the PDF/full-text?
Use Article Linker to search for full-text across all databases. If the article isn't available, choose Request via ILLiad or use interlibrary services to request a copy from another library.
Identifying Empirical Research
For this assignment you must identify and use empirical research. Empirical research is research conducted from observations or experiments.
CHARACTERISTICS
- They pursue a specific research question
- They are lengthier
- They are published in academic journals
- They include the collection and analysis of data
ARTICLES THAT ARE NOT EMPIRICAL:
- Literature Review articles (with no other study components)
- Meta-analyses
- Editorials/Letters
- Case studies
- Opinion articles
Tip:
Need more help identifying empirical research?
Use our Identifying Empirical Research guide for more characteristics of empirical research, and tips for identifying these resources.
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Recommended Journals
You can also search for articles in specific journals. Here is a list of journals recommended by your instructor:
- Exceptional Children
- Teaching Exceptional Children
- Young Exceptional Children
- Journal of Early Intervention
- Remedial and Special Education
- The Exceptional Parent
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
- Learning Disability Quarterly
- Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities
- Teacher Education and Special Education
