The aim of this research was to study the impact of cooperative learning on changes in cooperative behaviours and acceptance amongst pupils with learning disabilities related to risk-taking. One hundred and sixty-eight French first year middle school pupils participated in this study. Thirty-six pupils with learning disabilities were mainstreamed…

Purpose. The purpose of this replication study was to describe the extent to which seven collaborative behaviors were demonstrated by general education teachers assigned students with disabilities, education specialists, and their administrators in selected California high schools that exceeded the state average pass rate for 10th-grade students…

The purpose of this descriptive census survey of secondary agricultural education teachers was to describe the curricular and classroom needs of students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in their programs. The study found students with SLD make up 23% of the students enrolled in Illinois secondary agricultural education programs.…

The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of regular class placement on learning problem students. Consideration was given to academic achievement, personal and social adjustment, peer relationship, and students' perceptions of the class. Fifty seven learning problem students were selected from four types of learning disabilities classes:…

Parents of elementary students with learning disabilities (N=129) responded to questionnaires about types of modifications most facilitative of parental acceptance of full-time mainstreaming. Responses indicated parental participation in mainstreaming processes as an important factor in successful integration. Parents were supportive of full-time…

Fifty-three parents of children with educable mental handicaps, behavioral disorders, and learning disabilities completed a questionnaire on the types and numbers of program modifications needed to persuade them to accept full-time mainstreaming for their elementary-level children. Parents' specific mainstreaming recommendations are discussed…

A questionnaire was developed to assess the reasons for teachers' attitudes on several aspects of special education and mainstreaming. Subjects were 267 regular classroom teachers from a large intermediate unit in Pennsylvania. (MP)

To identify content and format priorities for special education inservice training, 243 elementary classroom teachers in 21 schools with learning handicapped (LH) programs were surveyed. A questionnaire was developed to elicit responses to 22 topics and 21 methods of inservice training, with category selection based on a Likert-type one to four…

In a study on the effects of labeling, 78 fourth-grade Ss from a rural school containing an integrated special-education program viewed one of two videotapes that depicted a child demonstrating various kinds of academic and social behavior. (Author/PHR)

A study investigated the effectiveness of a structured, collaborative co-planning model. Participants were 28 general education and special education teachers, who participated in extant team or co-teaching arrangements in grades 4-12 general education classes. The model was designed to increase: (1) the number of instructional interventions…

Three years of evaluation activities were conducted by the Institute for Developmental Studies (IDS) at New York University for the 1973-1976 program years of Project Mainstream, a Title III, ESEA project in New York's Lower Hudson Region. This work was carried out with the cooperation and support of the Yonkers, New York school system. Objectives…