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Peer reviewedShaver, James P.; And Others – International Journal of Special Education, 1989
Meta analysis of 273 investigations concerned with the modification of attitudes toward persons with disabilities revealed equivocal results possibly due to methodological deficiencies (study quality ratings were low) or to the complexity of human attitudes. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Meta Analysis
Download full textShaver, James P.; And Others – 1987
Meta-analysis was used to conduct an integrative review of the research on modifying attitudes toward persons with disabilities. Prior reviews, using small samples and lacking systematic data collection and analysis, were unable to draw firm conclusions about the effectiveness of attitude modification techniques. In the hope of correcting these…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Effect Size
Shaver, James P.; And Others – 1987
Meta-analysis was used to conduct an integrative review of the research on modifying attitudes toward persons with disabilities. Prior reviews, using small samples and lacking systematic data collection and analysis, were unable to draw firm conclusions about the effectiveness of attitude modification techniques. In the hope of correcting these…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Data Analysis, Disabilities
Peer reviewedShaver, James P. – History and Social Science Teacher, 1983
Through activities, K-12 social studies teachers can make nondisabled students aware of their handicapist attitudes and help mainstreamed disabled students cope more adequately with handicapism. For example, students can discuss their responses to an attitude-toward-the-disabled questionnaire (provided), or disabled students can analyze their…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Modifying Attitudes toward Persons with Hearing Impairments: A Comprehensive Review of the Research.
Peer reviewedStrong, Carol J.; Shaver, James P. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1991
This review of 12 research reports on modifying attitudes toward persons with hearing impairments found mixed study results and poor study quality but concluded that properly structured contact showed the most promise as an intervention to improve attitudes. (DB)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Behavioral Science Research, Disability Discrimination
Shaver, James P.; Curtis, Charles K. – 1981
The reference text is designed to help junior and senior high school teachers to integrate teaching about the handicapped into their social studies curriculum. An initial chapter distinguishes between handicaps and disabilities. Chapter 2 gives the major reasons for including handicapism in the social study curriculum: to understand the potential…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Community Resources, Disabilities
Shaver, James P.; And Others – 1987
This final report analyzes results of a comprehensive, integrative review of 273 primary research studies on modifying attitudes toward disabled persons. Attitude modification approaches identified included providing information, direct contact with disabled persons, vicarious experiences related to having a disability, systematic desensitization,…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Desensitization
