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Walter, Gail A. – 1983
The report summarizes a year long observational study of special education programs in one district's 12 elementary schools (Queens, New York). Data were gathered using observational time samples of teacher, student, and paraprofessional activity and student time on task; descriptive notes of the classroom context; ratings of 15 dimensions of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Peer reviewedRich, H. Lyndall; Ross, Steven M. – Exceptional Children, 1989
Naturalistic observation procedures examined the use of time by 230 elementary students with disabilities in four special education placements--regular class, resource room, special class, and special school. The least restrictive alternatives, particularly the resource room, made more in-class learning time available. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedRieth, Herbert; And Others – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1988
This study of the instructional ecology of 52 high school resource room programs for mildly handicapped students found that teachers instructed in a wide variety of content areas and had high student engagement rates. Instructional practices generally associated with high achievement were not typically employed. Implications for teacher training…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textFriedman, Douglas L.; And Others – 1987
Variability of attention to task and its relation to instructional contexts for learning disabled (LD) children was investigated. Subjects were 24 mainstreamed elementary grade LD children. The children's behaviors relating to academic engagement and the situational contexts in which they occurred were observed and coded in both the regular class…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Practices
Edenfield, Marilyn S.; Freeman, Robert N. – 1989
The replication study examined the effectiveness of a self-recording procedure to increase the levels of academic performance and production in 18 primary-aged mildly mentally handicapped children enrolled in either a self-contained or a resource class. Subjects were instructed in a self-recording procedure to track the number of worksheets…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Modification, Mild Mental Retardation, Outcomes of Treatment
Peer reviewedSmith, Deborah, J.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1988
Four junior high aged students (three behaviorally disordered and one learning disabled) received self-management training, without the external control of a token program. The self-evaluation procedures reduced students' off-task and disruptive behaviors in the resource room, but there was little or no spontaneous generalization to the students'…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
