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Glover, Todd A., Ed.; Vaughn, Sharon, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
As response to intervention (RTI) is adopted by increasing numbers of schools and districts, knowledge about "what works" continues to grow. This much-needed book analyzes the key components of RTI service delivery and identifies the characteristics of successful implementation. Critically reviewing the available research, leading authorities…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Early Intervention, Responses, Elementary Secondary Education
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Elliott, Stephen N. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
Examines the fundamental characteristics of and reviews empirical research on performance assessment of diverse groups of students, including those with mild disabilities. Discussion of the technical qualities of performance assessment and barriers to its advancement leads to the conclusion that performance assessment should play a supplementary…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Problems, Mild Disabilities
Wolcott, Lisa – Teacher Magazine, 1991
Benchmark, a private school for students ages 5-15 in Media, Pennsylvania, enrolls bright underachievers with reading problems in small classes. The school brings educational research into the classroom via weekly seminars on current research, staff research projects, and collaboration with outside scholars. The school's record indicates it…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Van Bockern, Steve; Wenger, Laurie – Reclaiming Children and Youth: Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Problems, 1999
Emerging research on the brain and learning is challenging long established notions about how children should be taught. The authors use this research as a basis for providing more powerful strategies for reaching all students, including those with learning and behavior problems that have led to educational failure. Suggests ideas and practical…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
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Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Remedial and Special Education, 1996
This article explores the underutilization of consultation in educating students and the challenges consultation faces as an educational technology. The article also explains the politics of school reform and their impact on the research-to-practice gap. Recommendations are made on how to reconcile the fundamental differences separating…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Consultation Programs, Educational Change, Educational Practices
Ben-Hur, Meir, Ed. – 1994
On the premise that all children can learn, Reuven Feuerstein developed a classroom curriculum designed to build the cognitive functions of students diagnosed by others as incapable of learning. His program, Instrumental Enrichment (IE), provides students with the concepts, skills, strategies, operations, and techniques necessary to become…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Educational Improvement
Gathercole, Ian, Ed. – 1990
Ten papers from a January 1990 conference in Britain on the meaning and implications of autonomy for school learners of second languages address theoretical and practical issues in independent study, learner-controlled instruction, cooperative learning, teacher-student relationship, learner responsibility, students with learning difficulties, and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Independent Study