CITEd's Research Center offers evidence-based, promising, and emerging practices based on the latest research. Explore how technology can be used to enhance instruction with an emphasis on students with special needs. Browse research and its implications for your classroom, school, and district.

Research Topics

Lessons Learned for Effective Technology Implementation

Learn what effective implementation takes from CITEd’s five years of technical assistance to schools and districts. This Research in Brief grounds our findings in the literature on technical assistance and professional development.

Implementing and Scaling Up Technology

Do you want to know more about how to scale up and implement technology in your schools? Learn from the latest Research in Briefs, which examine strategies, techniques, and resources to assist the implementation and scaling up process.

K-12 Calculator Technology

Use CITEd's research into the effective use of calculators. The practical findings are presented for specific subtopics within mathematics by grade levels.

K-8 Screen-Based Technology to Support Mathematics

Use CITEd's research into the effective use of screen-based technology in mathematics. Practical findings are presented for specific subtopics and instructional practices.

Multimedia Technologies

New Research in Brief articles explore the literature behind the use of multimedia technologies for classroom instruction across the curriculum. Find suggestions for integrating multimedia materials, advice for choosing programs, and lists of resources.

Professional Development on Technology Integration

What does it take to initiate and sustain an initiative to improve technology implementation in your school? These Research in Brief articles explore lessons learned from case studies of implementation and professional development programs.

Technology to Support Differentiated Instruction

Consult WestEd's review of the research on technology tools and features to support differentiated instruction. Practical suggestions are presented in specific areas of support, such as visual aids or audio aids.

Technology to Support Writing

Technology—and especially the subset of technology tools known as assistive technology—can be an effective, if not necessary, element of the writing curriculum for students with disabilities. Read more about the research that supports the use technology in a writing curriculum.

Research Papers

Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies
by U.S. Department of Education
This study examines the effects of online and face-to-face instruction on student learning outcomes.
Supporting Struggling Writers Using Technology: Evidence-Based Instruction and Decision-Making
by George Peterson-Karlan & Howard P. Parette
This report uses research-based findings to examine the effectiveness of technology insupporting writing by students with learning and academic disabilities.
Improving Basic Mathematics Instruction: Promising Technology Resources for Students with Special Needs (PDF)
A Tech in Action monograph prepared by the CITEd research team for the Council for Exceptional Children’s Technology and Media (TAM) division.
Murray, Silver-Pacuilla & Helsel
Supporting Students in Mathematics through the Use of Manipulatives (PDF)
This paper focuses on the use of an effective teaching strategy - the sequencing of conceptual development with concrete, representational, and abstract activities - for students who struggle with mathematics. The use of technology-based resources to deliver this strategy is discussed.
Anstrom
Technology-driven Math Instruction for Students with Disabilities: Two Decades of Innovation (PDF)
This is a literature review of technology use in special education since 1980. The review focuses not only on the effectiveness of technology, but on technology-based assessments and observational studies as well.
Hasselbring, Lott, and Zydney
Identifying Evidence-Based, Promising and Emerging Practices That Use Screen-Based and Calculator Technology to Teach Mathematics in Grades K-12: A Research Synthesis
by Fiona K. Innes Helsel, Ph.D., John H. Hitchcock. Ph.D., Grant Miller, M. A.
Technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in mathematics education. However, it is unclear what effects it has on students, particularly those with special needs. This paper reports on research synthesis work conducted by the Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd), an initiative of the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education.
Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd)
Identifying Evidence-Based, Promising and Emerging Practices That Use Screen-Based and Calculator Technology to Teach Mathematics in Grades K-12: A Research Synthesis

Technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in mathematics education. However, it is unclear what effects it has on students, particularly those with special needs. This paper reports on research synthesis work conducted by the Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd), an initiative of the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education.

Center for Implementing Technology in Education (CITEd)

Fiona K. Innes Helsel, Ph.D., John H. Hitchcock. Ph.D., Grant Miller, M. A.
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