2023 journal article

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The Goal Setting Challenge App: Impact on Transition Goal Attainment Outcomes of Students With Disabilities

Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals.

By: K. Shogren ^*, V. Mazzotti ^*, T. Hicks ^*, S. Raley ^*, D. Gerasimova ^*, J. Pace ^*, S. Kwiatek ^*, D. Fredrick ^* ...and 3 other authors, including 1 NC State author, J. Stewart-Ginsburg^* , R. Chapman^* & D. Wysenski ^*

10.1177/21651434221146470

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4. Quality Education (OpenAlex)

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Added: July 17, 2023

Promoting self-determination is essential to effective transition services and supports. The Goal Setting Challenge App (GSC App) was developed to deliver self-determination instruction via technology, building on the evidence-based Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction (SDLMI). This article presents data on goal attainment outcomes for students with disabilities who participated in a small, cluster-randomized controlled trial (C-RCT) of the GSC App during the 2020 to 2021 academic year and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Findings suggest it is highly probable the GSC App enhances student transition goal attainment outcomes after one semester, with students three times more likely to attain their self-identified transition goals in the GSC App than in the business-as-usual condition. The impact of COVID-19 on implementation and sample loss is described, as are implications for research and practice.