A Content Analysis of Research on Technology Use for Teaching Mathematics to Students with Disabilities: Word Networks and Topic Modeling

Autor/inn/en	Shin, Mikyung; Ok, Min Wook; Choo, Sam; Hossain, Gahangir; Bryant, Diane P.; Kang, Eunyoung
Titel	A Content Analysis of Research on Technology Use for Teaching Mathematics to Students with Disabilities: Word Networks and Topic Modeling
Quelle	In: International Journal of STEM Education, 10 (2023), Artikel 23 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Shin, Mikyung) ORCID (Ok, Min Wook)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1186/s40594-023-00414-x
Schlagwörter	Content Analysis; Educational Research; Technology Uses in Education; Mathematics Instruction; Students with Disabilities; Semantics; Trend Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inhaltsanalyse; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Semantik; Trendanalyse
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to conduct a content analysis of research on technology use for teaching mathematics to students with disabilities. We applied word networks and structural topic modeling of 488 studies published from 1980 to 2021. Results showed that the words "computer" and "computer-assisted instruction" had the highest degree of centrality in the 1980s and 1990s, and "learning disability" was another central word in the 2000s and 2010s. The associated word probability for 15 topics also represented technology use within different instructional practices, tools, and students with either high- or low-incidence disabilities. A piecewise linear regression with knots in 1990, 2000, and 2010 demonstrated decreasing trends for the topics of "computer-assisted instruction," "software," "mathematics achievement," "calculators," and "testing." Despite some fluctuations in the prevalence in the 1980s, the "support for visual materials," "learning disabilities," "robotics," "self-monitoring tools," and "word problem-solving instruction" topics showed increasing trends, particularly after 1990. Some research topics, including "apps" and "auditory support," have gradually increased in topic proportions since 1980. Topics including "fraction instruction," "visual-based technology," and "instructional sequence" have shown increasing prevalence since 2010; this increase was statistically significant for the "instructional sequence" topic over the past decade. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01