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Demers, Lois A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
The program was developed to minimize classroom disruptions which often occur when a behavior problem student (9 to 13 years old) from a special education homeroom is placed in the mainstream. The program also was designed to encourage on task performance and work completion both in the homeroom and mainstream settings through reinforcement for…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Cambone, Joseph – 1990
The paper is a description of how one teacher structured a classroom for five seriously disturbed violent boys (ages 5.5 to 8 years) at a private residential and day school for emotionally disturbed students. Anecdotes are reported as well as the teacher's reflections. Changes in the teacher's original planned class structure while maintaining the…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
Narita, Shigeru – 1995
This conference paper describes the use of integrated media-oriented instruction in a self-contained class at Yokohama Municipal Elementary School in Japan. Three students with mild disabilities, in grades 5 and 6, participated in the project. Integrated media (IM) is defined as the linkage of text, sound, video, graphics, and the computer in such…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
This exploratory research describes results of a thematic literature-based unit in an upper elementary, self-contained class for students with learning disabilities. Social and collaborative activities included reading, writing, and speaking on the topic of friendship. Literacy outcomes are illustrated in three case histories. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning
Williams, Harold M. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
The rapid development of special classes for middle-range, severely retarded, or trainable children has brought into sharp focus a number of relatively new instructional problems. What educational aptitudes do these children possess and what should be the objectives and procedures in teaching them? On the basis of the quantitative and experimental…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Federal Legislation, Special Classes, Special Education
Walmsley, Tim; Neilsen, Shelley – 1991
Manual I describes the VIDEOSHARE Project, a demonstration project employing systematic, video-based technology in preschool special education classrooms to supplement traditional measures of academic and developmental progress. The VIDEOSHARE model focuses on using video to: (1) enhance family-school partnerships; (2) increase child study team…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Confidentiality, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs
Algozzine, Bob; Morsink, Catherine V. – 1989
This study compared self-contained and regular classrooms for the quantity and quality of instruction provided to students classified as emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and educable mentally retarded. The study compared 22 effectiveness indicators within 6 modifiable dimensions of instructional variables: (1) questioning style, (2)…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques, Discipline