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Peer reviewedWhinnery, Keith W.; And Others – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1991
This study of 55 elementary-level general, special, and remedial education teachers found no intergroup differences in perceptions of the amount or quality of assistance available for mainstreamed students with mild handicaps, or in perceived effectiveness or overall acceptability of eight instructional strategies and 11 social behavior…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention
Peer reviewedMalouf, David B.; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1990
In 2 studies, 36 junior high students and 66 intermediate-level students with mild disabilities worked together to complete computerized instructional activities on capitalization and punctuation. The intervention produced significant increases in behaviors that were positively related with learning but did not produce significant increases in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
Download full textWerts, Margaret Gessler; And Others – 1991
Designed to be used by practicing teachers, students who are learning to become teachers, and faculty members who instruct such students, this manual describes an instructional manipulation for teaching children with mild disabilities that increases opportunities for learning through the addition of extra information. The technique described uses…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1985
A federally funded research project investigated the relationship between academic learning time (ALT) and achievement of 43 educable mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, and learning-disabled students, aged 7-13, in grades 1-5. The project's final report, titled "An Analysis of the Impact of Instructional Time within Different Service…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention, Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems
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
Holcombe-Ligon, Ariane; And Others – 1992
Designed to be used by practicing teachers, students who are learning to become teachers, and faculty members who instruct such students, this manual describes how to use attending cues and responses to help children with mild disabilities attend to the important aspects of instructional activities, and how to use attending cues and responses to…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Span, Cues, Educational Strategies
Wolery, Mark – 1992
This instructional module describes procedures for training prospective and practicing teachers to use two strategies for enhancing the efficiency of instructing children with mild disabilities: manipulating attending cues and responses and using instructive feedback. The module contains the following information: (a) a description of the…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Span, Course Content, Course Descriptions
