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Green, Carolyn W.; And Others – Applied Research in Mental Retardation, 1986
Results of a naturalistic, observational analysis of 43 self-contained classrooms serving severely handicapped students indicated that during designated instructional periods, slightly less than half of all student time was spent on-task. When students were on-task, almost two-thirds of their time involved nonfunctional instructional tasks.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Naturalistic Observation
Peer reviewedBullock, Lyndal M.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1985
Behavioral rating scales were completed by teachers on 1,078 behaviorally disordered students assigned to resource rooms in public schools, self-contained classrooms in public schools, psychiatric hospitals, residential treatment centers, and state training schools for the adjudicated. Data indicate that some differences do exist across settings…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Analysis
Guy, Barbara; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1993
This study examined whether teacher-implemented classroom measurement procedures of short duration are as reliable as methods used in research studies to determine behavior state (e.g., awake active, awake inactive, asleep, drowsed) of six students with profound mental disabilities. Results indicated that more frequent but briefer measurements…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Silver, Archie A. – 1979
The study examined the behavior and characteristics of 33 children in a self-contained unit for autistic children in a multidisciplinary framework involving psychiatric, neurologic, psychological, social, and educational parameters. Results of a comprehensive evaluation indicated the following primary diagnoses: early infantile autism, atypical…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis, Developmental Disabilities
Peer reviewedOlson, Judy; Midgett, Jeanice – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1984
The performance of learning disabled male elementary students in self-contained classes (N=35) and resource rooms (N=50) was compared on five diagnostic tests and factors of retention, chronological age, and behavior. Results indicated a difference only in the intelligence factor between the groups. (Authors)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Chronological Age, Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Tests
Peer reviewedForness, Steven R.; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1981
While total ontask behavior distinguished institutionalized children from children in community schools and special classes, it did not differentiate retarded children in community based classrooms from one another. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBuysse, Virginia; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1994
Assessment of age, disability severity, developmental status, functional abilities, and behavioral characteristics of 162 children (ages 11 to 102 months) found that children enrolled in inclusive programs were more mildly disabled and functioned at higher levels than counterparts in programs exclusively for children with disabilities.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Chronological Age, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
