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Fabry, Dee L. – Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2009
This article examines the issues and barriers to effective online course design, recent research concerning guidelines for designing effective online courses (Bannan-Ritlan, 2002; Hirumi, 2005; Koszalka & Ganesan, 2004; Northrup, 2001), and research-based instructional design guidelines for course design (Kemp, Morrison, & Ross, 1998). It then…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Online Courses, Guidelines, Teaching Methods
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Anderson, Katherine L. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2007
Described in this article are outcomes, procedures, and suggestions for incorporating a dog into a classroom for students with emotional or behavioral disorders. First, the outcomes for the inclusion of a dog are presented and are reported from an empirical study conducted by the author. Next, details are provided on how teachers would initially…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Self Contained Classrooms, Animals, Disabilities
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Spriggs, Amy D.; Gast, David L.; Ayres, Kevin M. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using picture activity schedule books to increase on-schedule and on-task behaviors of children with moderate intellectual disabilities. Four students enrolled in a self-contained classroom participated in the study. Graduated guidance, system of least prompts, and verbal prompting…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Intervals, Stimulus Generalization, Self Contained Classrooms
Bain, Sherry K.; Bliss, Stacy L.; Choate, Stephani M.; Brown, Katherine Sager – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2007
Seeking information about preconceived notions of the educational needs of children who are gifted, we asked 285 undergraduates in prerequisite classes for teacher education to complete questionnaires. Topics addressed included the need for special services for children who are gifted, perceptions of forms of service delivery in elementary…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Educational Needs, Elementary School Students, Academically Gifted
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Guzel-Ozmen, Ruya – Exceptional Children, 2006
This study investigated the effectiveness of Modified Cognitive Strategy Instruction in Writing (CSIW) with mildly mentally retarded students' skills in writing problem/solution texts. Participants were from two self-contained and multiage classrooms in Turkey. Instruction had a positive impact on the amount of time students spent planning and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mild Mental Retardation, Mixed Age Grouping, Writing Strategies