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Pupils Attending a Shared Placement between a School and Alternative Provision: Is a Sense of School Belonging the Key to Success?
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Cockerill, Tim – Educational & Child Psychology, 2019
Aim: The use of alternative provision for pupils identified as having challenging behaviour and social, emotional and mental health difficulties is widespread across the UK and the majority of these young people do not access a school whilst attending alternative provision. However, many pupils receive provision through a shared placement between…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Nontraditional Education, Behavior Problems, Emotional Problems
Core Subjects at the End of Primary School: Identifying and Explaining Relative Strengths of Children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI)
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Durkin, Kevin; Mok, Pearl L. H.; Conti-Ramsden, Gina – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: In general, children with specific language impairment (SLI) tend to fall behind their typically developing (TD) peers in educational attainment. Less is known about how children with SLI fare in particular areas of the curriculum and what predicts their levels of performance. Aims: To compare the distributions of performance of…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, At Risk Students, Predictor Variables, Performance
Setting by Ability--Or Is It? A Quantitative Study of Determinants of Set Placement in English Secondary Schools
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Muijs, Daniel; Dunne, Mairead – Educational Research, 2010
Background: Grouping students into classes by ability on a subject-by-subject basis, also known as setting, is a common practice in many educational systems. An important issue is therefore the way in which setting decisions are made. While educators and policy-makers favouring setting claim that ability or achievement is the sole criterion used,…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Socioeconomic Status, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries
Residential School Placements and Disabled Children: The Contrasting Views of Local Education Authorities and of Parents.
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Morris, Jenny; Abbott, David; Ward, Linda – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2002
A study examined circumstances leading to residential school placements. Findings revealed wide variations in the use of residential schools by 21 local English authorities and conflicting views between and within authorities on the suitability of such placements. Parents' experiences were characterized by a lack of support in their…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries