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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 reviewedPatton, James R.; Jayanthi, Madhavi; Polloway, Edward A. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Notes that when parents or guardians are closely involved in what is occurring at school, their children benefit. Considers the importance of how best to involve families in the educational process. Notes that home-school collaboration is necessary to accomplish more general, ongoing tasks, such as completing homework. Summarizes research and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, 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 reviewedPolloway, Edward A.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1992
Teachers and parents of 45 students (ages 8-17) with learning disabilities completed the Homework Problem Checklist. The study found that students with learning disabilities experienced nearly two and a half times the level of difficulty with specific homework problems as their nondisabled peers. (JDD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education, 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 reviewedPolloway, Edward A.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
A national sample of 441 elementary, middle, and senior high teachers was asked about their homework practices, including their use of adaptations for students with disabilities. Tables present results for frequency and amount of homework, helpfulness of specific types of homework, in-class structures, adaptations, parent communication strategies,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary School Teachers
Peer reviewedPolloway, Edward A.; And Others – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1996
This article examines the acceptability, to regular classroom teachers, of various interventions for adapting instruction and accommodating students with disabilities in the general education classroom, emphasizing the areas of homework, grading, and testing. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accessibility (for Disabled), Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development
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 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
