Stimming can serve as an interactional and communicative resource in collaborative activity, including in academic tasks¶
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q2 i? Autistic children responding to math questions used repeated tapping on focal objects to display engagement and indicate upcoming talk. → Sofia Tancredi 2024
Evidence¶
Sofia Tancredi 2024¶
Sofia Tancredi, Dor Abrahamson. (2024). Stimming as Thinking: a Critical Reevaluation of Self-Stimulatory Behavior as an Epistemic Resource for Inclusive Education. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09904-y
q2 · i? · theoretical · r3
Conversation-analytic research the authors cite: autistic children "used repeated tapping on focal objects such as flashcards to display their active engagement" during math questioning, showing stimming functioning interactively. No effect size printed.
"Dickerson et al. (2007) found that autistic children responding to math questions effectively used repeated tapping on focal objects such as flashcards to display their active engagement and to indicate upcoming talk."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Learning Disabilities and Developmental Differences — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes
Related Claims¶
- Stimming and fidgeting are associated with improved cognitive performance, while suppressing stimming consumes cognitive resources — related
- Stimming and fidgeting increase under high cognitive load and sustained task effort, rather than appearing only during low engagement — related
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Stimming can serve as an interactional and communicative resource in collaborative activity, including in academic tasks |
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Stimming can serve as an interactional and communicative resource in collaborative activity, including in academic tasks |
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