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Attitudes and Practices of Special Day Class Teachers Concerning Least Restrictive Environment.
Dickinson, Valerie J. – 1987
A descriptive study reports on attitudes of 24 special day class teachers toward mainstreaming of learning handicapped students and toward practices used to implement mainstreaming. Questionnaires were completed concerning factual, attitudinal, and process information for placement and monitoring in the least restrictive environment (LRE).…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Working in Groups: Social and Cognitive Effects in a Special Class.
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Watson, Judith – British Journal of Special Education, 1999
Considers the potential of social-constructivist ideas of teaching and learning for pupils with learning difficulties from a British perspective. Reports on a study with a class of eight students with moderate learning disabilities studying the local community. Benefits to individual students in the development of conceptual understanding and…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Methods, Foreign Countries
Teaching Structures and Tasks in Reading Instruction for Students with Mild Handicaps.
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research, 1989
Special education students (21 learning disabled, 12 emotionally/behaviorally disordered, 14 educable mentally retarded) and 30 nonhandicapped students were observed to identify teaching structures and tasks experienced during reading in both mainstream and special education settings. Several setting effects and a difference in the amount of time…
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
What's "Special" about Special Education? A Field under Siege.
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Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S. – 1994
Special education is under fire from full inclusionists who advocate for children with severe mental retardation and who contend that special education settings are immoral dumping grounds for children deemed "unteachable." Other advocates of inclusion focus on the invalidity of disability categories, tests, and instructional services which, in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Disabilities, Educational Methods, Educational Policy
The Social Construction of Ability and Disability: II. Optimal and At-Risk Lessons in a Bilingual Special Education Classroom.
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Ruiz, Nadeen T. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
Bilingual students' language and literacy skills were compared across three classroom events (varying in degree of formality) in a special classroom for students with language learning disabilities. Results showed that certain contextual features (usually holistic-constructivist in nature) were associated with enhanced student performance, whereas…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Communication Skills, Constructivism (Learning)
The Importance of Meaningful Contexts in Bilingual Special Education: Moving to Whole Language.
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Lopez-Reyna, Norma A. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1996
This article examines issues in bilingual special education in the context of moving from a skills-based approach to a whole language approach. Classroom observations in a self-contained elementary classroom for students with learning disabilities revealed the role of the native language and background experiences, the teacher's role in assessing…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Classroom Techniques, Educational Methods, Educational Principles