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Promoting Self-Determination in Early Elementary School: Teaching Self-Regulated Problem-Solving and Goal-Setting Skills.

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Palmer, Susan B.; Wehmeyer, Michael L. – Remedial and Special Education, 2003

This paper describes and validates a model of teaching in early elementary grades that infuses the self-determination skills of problem solving and goal setting into existing curricula and programs. Use of the "Self-Determination Learning Model of Instruction with 5- and 6-year-olds found the model effective in identifying student interests,…

Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Goal Orientation

The Self-Determined Learning Model of Instruction for Early Elementary-Age Students. Final Report.

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Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B. – 2002

This final report describes the activities and outcomes of a federally funded project designed to enable teachers of young children (ages 5-8) with mental retardation, cognitive disabilities and other developmental disabilities to teach problem solving and self-determination related skills in multiple districts across Texas and Kansas. The project…

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education