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Gillet, Pamela – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1983
The purposes of elementary school career education for mildly handicapped students, and specific learning activities and materials, are discussed. Elementary level career education components are identified as the development of social skills, self-understanding, communication and computation abilities, and the exploration of a variety of careers.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Mild Disabilities

Oswald, Lowell K.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1990
Incidental teaching procedures were used to train a 16-year-old mildly handicapped student to use social amenities in a resource classroom. Generalization to another resource room and an art classroom was assessed. Results indicated increased use of social amenities in the training setting and generalization settings. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Generalization, Incidental Learning, Interpersonal Competence, Mild Disabilities

Bear, George G.; Proctor, Willis A. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1990
This study found that 47 mildly handicapped third graders in a full-time integrated program, Team Approach to Mastery (TAM), experienced greater achievement gains than 31 students in resource rooms, though differences were significant only in math. Nonhandicapped TAM students (n=176) made greater gains than mildly handicapped TAM students and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Methods, Mainstreaming
Cheyney, Wendy; Strichart, Stephen S. – Academic Therapy, 1981
A model for resource rooms based on four learning stations (dependent or teacher directed, related activity, peer tutoring, and independent stations) is advocated to provide for behavior management as well as individualized instruction of mildly handicapped students. (CL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction

Schniedewind, Nancy; Salend, Spencer J. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1987
Suggestions for implementing cooperative learning strategies with mildly handicapped students in mainstreamed, resource room, and self-contained classroom settings are given. Guidelines are presented for: selecting a format for cooperative learning; establishing working guidelines; forming groups; arranging the classroom; developing cooperative…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Emotional Disturbances, Group Activities, Heterogeneous Grouping

Katsiyannis, Antonis; Prillaman, Doug – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
The article offers guidelines for using the regular education mathematics curriculum for students with mild disabilities. Approaches geared toward mildly handicapped adolescents include the parallel alternate curriculum, the resource room model, and the strategies intervention model. Specific teaching suggestions are also recommended as are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Fuchs, Lynn S.; Mathes, Patricia G. – 1991
This manual was developed as part of a project investigating the effectiveness of class-wide peer mediated reading instruction with middle grade students having mild disabilities and reading difficulties. It explains the procedures for introducing, implementing, and monitoring the project's version of repeated reading, in which pairs of students…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Intervention
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1987
This study investigated time allocated to instruction as a function of the specific type of mild handicap and as a function of setting and subject matter content. Subjects were 122 elementary students categorized as learning-disabled, emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, educable mentally retarded, and nonhandicapped. Subjects were in mainstreamed,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1987
Observations were conducted to document the active academic responding and academic engagement rates of 122 elementary students (30 learning-disabled, 32 emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, 30 mildly mentally retarded, and 30 self-contained programs. Data were recorded in 10-second intervals for each student over an entire school day. During a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1987
This project examined the extent to which varying instructional grouping arrangements are used for different categories of mildly handicapped students in various instructional settings and the extent to which any differences translated to differences in student responses. Observational data were recorded all day in 10-second intervals for 122…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Shanks, Robert D., Jr., Ed. – 1986
The resource room guide developed by Grand Island, Nebraska, schools is intended to help elementary level resource room teachers and the IEP (Individualized Education Program) team select services and curriculum to meet the mildly handicapped student's specific educational needs. The introduction describes the national background of resource room…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Teaching
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1987
Observational data were collected on the instructional tasks used by 122 elementary students (30 learning-disabled, 32 emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, 30 educable mentally retarded, and 30 nonhandicapped). No differences between handicapped and nonhandicapped students were revealed in an analysis of time using each of eight specific tasks…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Meyen, Edward L., Ed.; And Others – 1993
The book contains 19 papers from the journal, "Focus on Exceptional Children," that discuss new perspectives and practices in educating students with mild disabilities. The first half of the book is titled "New Perspectives" and includes the following articles: "Beyond the Regular Education Initiative/Inclusion and the Resource Room Controversy"…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Students
Idol, Lorna – 1993
This book is written primarily for special educators who offer resource and consultation support for students with mild handicaps and students at risk for school failure. Examples of consultation projects implemented and evaluated in the field are used to illustrate principles of effective consultation. Suggestions and guidelines are provided for…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, At Risk Persons, Classroom Techniques, Consultants