Eight students were observed during classroom instruction. Comparisons were made of how they spent their time in resource and regular classrooms. In general, opportunities for differentiated instruction were available in resource rooms. However, no practical differences were noted in the amount of time students were actively engaged in instruction…

Observation of 26 learning disabled elementary students' over two entire school days revealed such results as that instructional approaches varied according to service delivery level. However, no differences were found in students' opportunities to learn through active academic responding and that academic responding time was low for all students.…