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Peer reviewedMunk, Dennis D.; Bursuck, William D.; Epstein, Michael H.; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Nelson, Janet; Polloway, Edward A. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Considers how the practice of including students with disabilities in general education classes has spawned interest in academic interventions, such as homework, that allow these students to be successful. Investigates the perceptions and experiences of parents of children with and without disabilities regarding homework load and problems related…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, General Education, Homework, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedHarniss, Mark K.; Epstein, Michael H.; Bursuck, William D.; Nelson, Janet; Jayanthi, Madhavi – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Describes a national survey in which parents of children with and without disabilities rank-ordered a number of strategies that schools, teachers, and parents could use to improve communication about and completion of students' homework. Finds that parents of children with and without disabilities were in substantial agreement about strategies for…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, Homework
Peer reviewedJayanthi, Madhavi; Bursuck, William; Epstein, Michael H.; Polloway, Edward – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1997
Discusses parent-teacher communication problems, factors that contribute to homework-communication problems, and strategies that the whole school community can use to ensure parent involvement in the homework assignments of children with high-incidence disabilities. Focus-group recommended strategies are provided for teachers, parents,…
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
Peer reviewedNelson, Janet S.; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Brittain, Carmen S.; Epstein, Michael H.; Bursuck, William D. – Remedial and Special Education, 2002
The Nominal Group Technique was used to evaluate 44 strategies for communication between home and school about homework assigned to students with high-incidence disabilities included in regular education classrooms. Nine school administrators, family members, and general and special education teachers identified 14 strategies as the most feasible…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Homework
Peer reviewedNelson, Janet S.; Epstein, Michael H.; Bursuck, William D.; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Sawyer, Valerie – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
A study examined the preferences of 211 middle school students (including 17 students with learning or behavior disabilities) for 17 homework adaptations. Lowest ratings were given for teachers giving students different assignments than those given to other students in the class. Preferences were not mediated by learning or behavioral disability.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assignments, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Behavior Disorders
