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Kylie Jo Dolan-Porcelli – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Students with special needs are being educated alongside their general education peers at a growing rate. With this increase and the movement towards inclusive classrooms, teacher perceptions are critical to analyze to ensure that they are equipped with the knowledge and skills that are needed to instruct students with and without disabilities.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Inclusion, Teacher Attitudes, Special Needs Students
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Hughes, Elizabeth M.; Powell, Sarah R.; Lembke, Erica S.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2016
Legislations mandates that educators use evidence-based practices (EBPs) that are supported by scientifically based research. EBPs have demonstrated a likelihood to work for students with disabilities. EBPs should match targeted needs of the student receiving the instruction, which sometimes requires educators to search for the best intervention…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Practices, Special Needs Students, Intervention
Hughes, Elizabeth M.; Powell, Sarah R.; Lembke, Erica S.; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris – Grantee Submission, 2016
Approximately 5 to 7% of school-age students have a learning disability related to mathematics (Shalev, Auerbach, Manor, & Gross-Tsur, 2000), but the percentage of students who experience mathematics difficulty is much greater. For example, results from the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP; National Center for Education…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Practices, Special Needs Students, Intervention
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Davies, Kath; Henderson, Peter – Education Endowment Foundation, 2020
Pupils with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) have the greatest need for excellent teaching and are entitled to provision that supports achievement at, and enjoyment of, school. The attainment gap between pupils with SEND and their peers is twice as big as the gap between pupils eligible for free school meals and their peers.…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Inclusion, Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice
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Cullen, Mairi Ann; Lindsay, Geoff; Hastings, Richard; Denne, Louise; Stanford, Catherine – Education Endowment Foundation, 2020
This 'best available evidence' review was commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) in 2019 to inform the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Guidance document (EEF, 2020). This review was commissioned explicitly as a broad overview of evidence across a range of topics, with the intention that the EEF might then…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Inclusion, Best Practices, Evidence Based Practice
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VanWeelden, Kimberly; Whipple, Jennifer – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2014
The purpose of this research project was to examine whether music teachers' perceptions of effectiveness of inclusion, curriculum adaptations/modifications, or student achievement had altered from previous research findings 20 years before. A survey based on that used by Gfeller, Darrow, and Hedden was sent to music educators through the…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Music Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Enrichment
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Webster, Rob – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2014
In this article, the author reflects on findings from research on the role and impact of teaching assistants and experience of working as a special educational needs (SEN) officer. Research evidence suggests the reliance on teaching assistants to include pupils with Statements of SEN in mainstream settings masks a collective, though unintentional,…
Descriptors: Role Perception, Evidence, Educational Practices, Inclusion
Tanis, Bianca – American Educator, 2014
The author is a special education teacher in New York and a mother of two children on the autism spectrum. The author's intimate involvement in the education system has made navigating the world of special education for her children easier in some ways, but also infinitely more difficult and heartbreaking in others. Since the passage of No…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Disabilities, Testing Accommodations, Accessibility (for Disabled)
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Moore, Darren; Benham-Clarke, Simon; Kenchington, Ralphy; Boyle, Chris; Ford, Tamsin; Hayes, Rachel; Rogers, Morwenna – Education Endowment Foundation, 2019
This evidence review synthesises the best available international evidence regarding approaches to behaviour in schools to: (1) Produce an overarching model or framework explaining why school pupils may misbehave (Review 1); (2) Review the effectiveness of classroom-based approaches to behaviour trialled in robust research studies (Review 2); and…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Best Practices
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Baines, Ed; Blatchford, Peter; Webster, Rob – Education 3-13, 2015
Findings from two studies are discussed in relation to the experiences and challenges faced by teachers trying to implement effective group work in schools and classrooms and to reflect on the lessons learnt about how to involve pupils with special educational needs (SEN). The first study reports on UK primary school teachers' experiences of…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Inclusion, Cooperative Learning, Teamwork
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Luckner, John; Pierce, Corey – Deafness and Education International, 2013
Students who are deaf or hard of hearing are increasingly being educated in regular education classrooms along with their typical hearing peers. Establishing educational environments that address their unique needs is essential for their success. Response to intervention (RtI), as it is being implemented in the United States, provides a framework…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Deafness, Partial Hearing, Program Descriptions
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Wolf, Mikyung Kim; Kao, Jenny C.; Rivera, Nichole M.; Chang, Sandy M. – Teachers College Record, 2012
Background/Context: Testing accommodations have been widely utilized as a way of increasing the validity of content assessments for English language learner (ELL) students. However, concerns have also arisen regarding the appropriateness of accommodation use, including the accessibility and fairness of accommodations. While many states have…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, English Language Learners, Mathematics Tests, High Stakes Tests
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McFadden, Lauren Bosworth – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine how the infusion of theatre arts into the language arts and social studies curricula in grades 4 and 5 impacted the cognitive and prosocial development of special populations, as well as the students' attitudes toward learning. An experimental/control group design was employed. Various instruments were used…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Language Arts
Schools Network, 2011
The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) was commissioned by the Department for Education (DfE) to research ways to improve outcomes for children and young people with the most complex educational needs and disabilities through the development of evidence-based teaching and learning strategies. The programme of research brought together a…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Educational Strategies, Learning Problems, Student Needs
Barnett, W. Steven; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Brown, Kirsty; Squires, Jim; Horowitz, Michelle – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2016
This report explores the extent to which states (and several large cities) are positioned to provide high quality preschool education on a large scale. States and cities that are already doing so or that could do so with modest improvements offer opportunities for advocacy to advance access to high quality early education as well as for rigorous…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
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