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Peer reviewedPolloway, Edward A.; Bursuck, William D.; Epstein, Michael H. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Discusses efforts leading to changes in homework policies and practices, problems experienced by students with disabilities, and how schools have addressed these issues. Focuses on home-school communication patterns as a key variable in improving the homework performance of students with disabilities. Reviews several studies that establish the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Homework, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedBursuck, William D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This introductory article considers the impact of homework requirements on students with learning disabilities in light of increased mainstreaming of these students and rising academic demands. Noted are three recent projects examining the impact of school reform on students with disabilities and their families. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
Peer reviewedMunk, Dennis D.; Bursuck, William D.; Epstein, Michael H.; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Nelson, Janet; Polloway, Edward A. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Considers how the practice of including students with disabilities in general education classes has spawned interest in academic interventions, such as homework, that allow these students to be successful. Investigates the perceptions and experiences of parents of children with and without disabilities regarding homework load and problems related…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, General Education, Homework, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedHarniss, Mark K.; Epstein, Michael H.; Bursuck, William D.; Nelson, Janet; Jayanthi, Madhavi – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Describes a national survey in which parents of children with and without disabilities rank-ordered a number of strategies that schools, teachers, and parents could use to improve communication about and completion of students' homework. Finds that parents of children with and without disabilities were in substantial agreement about strategies for…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, Homework
Peer reviewedEpstein, Michael H.; Munk, Dennis D.; Bursuck, William D.; Polloway, Edward A.; Jayanthi, Madhavi – Journal of Special Education, 1999
A survey of 639 general education teachers resulted in the following recommendations for improving home-school communication about homework for students with disabilities: release and mutual planning time, assignment books, parent attendance at meetings and daily monitoring of homework, and use of telephone networks to promote remote access to…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
Peer reviewedBursuck, William D.; Harniss, Mark K.; Epstein, Michael H.; Polloway, Edward A.; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Wissinger, Lisa M. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1999
Special-education teachers (N=673) rank-ordered recommendations for improving communication between teachers and parents concerning homework for students with disabilities. Results support the importance of general educators and parents monitoring homework, provision of opportunities for parents and teachers to communicate, exploration of…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Disabilities, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedNelson, Janet S.; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Brittain, Carmen S.; Epstein, Michael H.; Bursuck, William D. – Remedial and Special Education, 2002
The Nominal Group Technique was used to evaluate 44 strategies for communication between home and school about homework assigned to students with high-incidence disabilities included in regular education classrooms. Nine school administrators, family members, and general and special education teachers identified 14 strategies as the most feasible…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Homework
Peer reviewedNelson, Janet S.; Epstein, Michael H.; Bursuck, William D.; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Sawyer, Valerie – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
A study examined the preferences of 211 middle school students (including 17 students with learning or behavior disabilities) for 17 homework adaptations. Lowest ratings were given for teachers giving students different assignments than those given to other students in the class. Preferences were not mediated by learning or behavioral disability.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assignments, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Behavior Disorders
Peer reviewedEpstein, Michael H.; Polloway, Edward A.; Buck, Glenn H.; Bursuck, William D.; Wissinger, Lisa M.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1997
A national survey of 502 general education teachers found that teachers perceived communication problems among teachers and parents as a serious impediment to the effective use of homework with mainstreamed students with learning disabilities. Problems included frequency and quality of communication with parents, role of the special education…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
