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Addressing the "Research Gap" in Special Education through Mixed Methods
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Janette K. Klingner; Alison G. Boardman – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2011
At least some of the challenges faced in special education, such as the disproportionate representation of culturally and linguistically diverse students, the gap between research and practice, and inequitable educational opportunities, can be explained in part by a research gap, or, in other words, a failure to conduct the different types of…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Opportunities, Special Education, Mixed Methods Research
A View from across the Grand Canyon.
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Richardson, Virginia; Anders, Patricia L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1998
Three themes are identified in response to several papers about teachers' cognition and instructional improvement of students with learning disabilities: (1) the teacher's dilemma between attention to the individual or the group; (2) the content of the curriculum and perspectives on knowledge and knowing; and (3) staff development. Researchers are…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adoption (Ideas), Classroom Research, Disabilities
Building a Bridge across the Canyon.
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1998
The authors of an article on staff development for general education teachers serving students with learning disabilities respond to a commentary. They stress the involvement of teachers in the development and research process on Curriculum Based Measurement (CBM) and Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS). They also note independent teacher…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, Curriculum Based Assessment, Educational Research