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Research Article: Factors That Support Technology Integration Practices in the Math Education of Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Date Published: 2023-05-23

Abstract:
The current paper explores the relationship between technological knowledge, beliefs about technology use in education, beliefs about the limits of technology use with respect to children with disabilities, self-efficacy beliefs, and their effects on technology use or teacher practices in the special education setting regarding mathematics education. Research was conducted via an online questionnaire. A total of 83 teachers working in the field of special education answered the questionnaire. The answers were analyzed via quantitative and qualitative analyses. In addition, correlational analyses were conducted. A prediction model that included all the aforementioned variables was tested. Our regression analysis evidenced the strong predictive value of technology-related knowledge with respect to technology integration practices but not toward the other models that included beliefs. Through mediation analysis, we found that technology-related knowledge mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and technology integration practices. The qualitative findings provided information on the interplay between knowledge, practice, and beliefs that are contextualized; on the specificity of technology-related knowledge. Implications are discussed with reference to factors important for the professional development of teachers with regard to technology integration.

Introduction:
In the past two years, with the prevalence of online schooling, integrating technology into teaching has become important and gained more consistency. It has become critical for a teacher to be able to use technology as a fully instructional tool for learning and not just as a supplement for instruction. Moreover, given the advantages of many technologies, they constitute great and accessible means through which special education teachers can individualize [1,2] and even personalize instruction. However, while…

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