Research in Special Education (RiSE)

Like all publications in RiSE (riseopenjournal.org), this paper is freely available to everyone at no cost to authors.

Effects varied by tutor and year with no differences between individual and small-group conditions. Pretest fluency scores moderated intervention effects, with students who start off with better reading skills benefiting more from Data Mountain over time.

New pub alert! Didion et al. report an RCT examining effects of an extended version of Data Mountain (30 lessons instead of 15) on reading fluency for elem students with and at risk for reading disabilities when administered individually and in small groups. riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...

Freely sharing materials can help both researchers (they don't have to create their own materials from scratch) and practitioners (they can use research-validated materials in their class). Read this paper to learn more about sharing your materials effectively and legally.

The article covers issues such as legal considerations for copyright and intellectual property, licensing materials you create so that you retain copyright even if materials are included in a publication, and how to attribute shared materials.

New Publication Alert: "Sharing Materials to Heighten the Impact of Publications" by Campbell, Brunsting, Landmark, Butler, and Cook. The paper provides an overview of issues and recommendations for sharing materials with research and practitioner publications. riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...

📢 New Paper! Sarah Powell & colleagues respond to the NCTM/CEC math ed statement with concrete EBP teachers can use.

🗣️ CEC presentation on this paper: What You Should Know About Teaching Math — Sarah Powell, tomorrow (3/13, 10:30-11:30)

#SpecialEdResearch #Mathematics #EvidenceBasedPractices

Thank you, Allison!

This is the 3rd paper in our special series on open-science practices (previous publications provide guidance on sharing data and open-access publishing), with more to come. Like all publications in RiSE, this article is free to access without any charges to authors.

New publication alert! Prioritizing Preregistration in Special Education Research
@allisonlombardi.bsky.social and colleagues provide an overview and recommendations for preregistering different types of research in special education and related fields.

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Call for manuscripts for a special series in Research in Special Education -- Open Science Practices and the Early Career Researcher: A Push to Advance Special Education Research

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A great opportunity for early career researchers!

We are alarmed by recent federal actions that threaten the integrity of education research. We join many other special education organizations, journals, and scholars, and affirming our commitment to scientific integrity.

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New in RiSE: The first update in over a decade on special education faculty hiring.

With the DOE under threat, tracking these trends is more important than ever. This open-access study provides critical insights.
#SpecialEducation #HigherEdJobs #FacultyShortage #OpenScience

Like all articles published in Research in Special Education (RiSE), the article is freely accessible to everyone at no cost to authors.

Lindström and colleagues describe different models of OA publishing and provide concrete guidelines for making one's publications open without violating copyright, with a particular focus on self-archiving, which involves no cost to authors.

New publication alert!
Open-Access Publishing in Special Education and Related Fields: Making Scholarship Freely Available to All
riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2... @estherlindstrom.bsky.social, Jesse Fleming, Danika Pfeiffer, @tkalan.bsky.social, and @bryancook.bsky.social

We are especially pleased that the journal’s first empirical publication earned all three open-science badges! The study is pre-registered and materials and data are shared openly.

Like all RiSE publications, this article is openly accessible at no cost to authors.

Lindsey Mirielli and colleagues analyze higher education position announcements in special education using their paired open database (POD), which they (a) made open as they developed it to inform job seekers and (b) now make open for research purposes.

New RiSE publication alert! riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...

Actionable research is essential for teaching. Our response to the NCTM/CEC joint statement on mathematics education for students with disabilities identifies missing evidence-based practices. Read it now and stay tuned for a vision grounded in research and evidence! #SpecialEdResearch #Mathematics

Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023 This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...

Authors "estimate that, globally, a total of $8.349 billion ($8.968 billion in 2023 US dollars) were spent
on APCs between 2019 and 2023." Consider publishing in diamond journals like RiSE and put that money to better use. arxiv.org/abs/2407.16551

We encourage authors to apply these recommendations and share data whenever ethically possible. Articles that share data in RiSE get recognized with an electronic badge.

In this lead paper of our inaugural special series on open practices, @cmwhite.bsky.social , Estrera, Hart, & Schatsneider provide expert guidance and a ton of great resources for researchers interested in data sharing, which facilitates transparency and democratization of research.

The first article in RiSE is published! Like all RiSE articles, “Getting started with data sharing: Advice for researchers in education” is freely accessible for everyone. riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...

Please consider participating in RiSE and other fully open journals in the field by serving as a reviewer, submitting papers, and sharing the open articles with interested parties.

Check out RiSE’s editorial board (riseopenjournal.org/editorialteam/), of which we couldn’t be more proud. This diverse group of experts will provide constructive, positive, and timely input to papers submitted to the journal. Contact us if you’re interested in serving as reviewer.

We accept submissions of all types of research in special education and related fields as well as commentaries and practical guides related to that research. In particular, we encourage the submission of registered reports, rigorous studies with null or negative findings, and replication research.

Unlike traditional journals where most articles are behind paywalls and authors have to pay (typically thousands of dollars) to make an article freely accessible, all the rigorous scholarship published in RiSE is openly accessible to all at no cost to authors.

We’ve launched! Check out Research in Special Education (RiSE), a journal where all publications are open to everyone at no cost to authors!
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