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Chelsea B. Pitcher – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This exploratory case study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of Voyager Sopris' Read Well program when implemented as a reading intervention in elementary self-contained special education classrooms. This research expands on previous research investigating the implementation of the Read Well with target populations, including those…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Reading Programs, Intervention, Special Education Teachers
Peacock, Delicia – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Inclusion classrooms were introduced in the United States in 1990 when the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act required that special education students be instructed in a general education setting. Ensuing changes in instructional formats have caused role confusion for special and general education teachers, resulted in mixed attitudes…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Teacher Attitudes
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Knowles, Christen; Massar, Michelle; Raulston, Tracy Jane; Machalicek, Wendy – Preventing School Failure, 2017
Students with challenging behavior severe enough to warrant placement in a self-contained special education classroom statistically have poor school and post-school outcomes compared to typical peers. Teachers in these classrooms often lack sufficient training to meet student needs. This pilot study investigated the use of a telehealth…
Descriptors: Self Contained Classrooms, Special Education, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
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Pape, Stephen J.; Prosser, Sherri K.; Griffin, Cynthia C.; Dana, Nancy Fichtman; Algina, James; Bae, Jungah – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2015
This study sought to identify components of an asynchronous online teacher professional development program, "Prime Online," that potentially affected participants' mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT). Twenty-three third- through fifth-grade general education and special education teachers completed a yearlong online teacher…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Swanson, Elizabeth; Solis, Michael; Ciullo, Stephen; McKenna, John W. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2012
This study reports on the perceptions and instructional practices of Grades 3 through 5 special education teachers in a school district that implemented a multitiered response to intervention (RTI) framework for the previous 5 years. The authors used focus groups and interviews to examine special education teachers' perceptions of RTI. In…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Limited English Speaking, Focus Groups, Interviews
Nugent, Sheila Stepp – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' and administrators' perceptions of the implementation and effectiveness of Response to Intervention (RTI) strategies in their schools. The study used a mixed-methods research design. Data were collected through multiple-choice and open-ended surveys administered to elementary English language…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Response to Intervention
Shady, Sandra A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Recently, federal legislation has been implemented requiring that public school students meet a specified performance level of academic proficiency by the 2013/2014 school year. This reform movement, known as "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB), was passed by Congress and incorporates many of President Bush's educational reform proposals…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Testing Programs, General Education, Action Research
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Mautone, Jennifer A.; DuPaul, George J.; Jitendra, Asha K.; Tresco, Katy E.; Junod, Rosemary Vile; Volpe, Robert J. – Psychology in the Schools, 2009
This study examined the relationship between treatment integrity and acceptability for reading interventions across two consultation models, intensive data-based academic intervention (IDAI) and traditional data-based academic intervention (TDAI). Participants included 83 first- through fourth-grade students who met research criteria for…
Descriptors: Intervention, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Special Needs Students, Integrity
Trainin, Guy; Javorsky, Kristin; Murphy, Malinda; Wilson, Katie – Online Submission, 2009
The 2008-2009 Annual Reading First Progress Report reflects on the final year of implementation for Round I schools and the third full year of implementation for Round II schools. This report focuses on the effect that Reading First implementation has had on selected schools across Nebraska with a special focus on vulnerable populations: English…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning