The Tucson Interaction Model emphasizes the importance of teaching style in linking cognitive with affective variables for mainstreamed handicapped students. Five aspects of the model are depicted across three strands (response opportunities, feedback, and personal regard). Even with computer-assisted instruction, the teacher's role is still…

Five articles in the special issue on local school mainstreaming focus on models and guidelines. Topics addressed include promoting peer acceptance and mainstreaming emotionally disturbed students in rural areas. For related material, see EC 133 674. (CL)

This paper describes comprehensive cooperative learning approaches for elementary-school reading, writing, and mathematics. Team-Assisted Individualization (TAI) and Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) are used to implement principles of cooperative learning throughout schools, among teachers and administrators as well as…