Self-determination Behaviors after Instruction in ChoiceMaker Curriculum
Date
2022-05Author
Halicki McClellan, Jennifer
Advisor(s)
Stacey Skoning
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Self-determination skills are essential for the success of students in special
education after high school, yet too many students leave high school without those skills.
I seek to add to the body of literature related to the self-determination of students with
mild disabilities in high school. Utilizing time-sampling data, I determined if students
exhibit an increase in self-determination behaviors as compared with those who have
not been involved in the ChoiceMaker curriculum. The five-week long curriculum
consisted of nine sessions. I collected the time-sampling data during IEP meetings to
evaluate students’ progress as part of their IEP goals and determined the mean value of
each groups’ participation to determine if there is a significant difference in the average
amount of times students displayed self-determination behaviors. The purpose was to
determine if this curriculum increases self-determination behaviors during a students’
IEP meeting.
Subject
self-determination
student-directed
IEP
special education
high school