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Download full textResearch Connections in Special Education, 2003
This document offers three articles reporting research and practice on the use of paraeducators to provide support to students with disabilities and their teachers. Emphasis is on research funded by the Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs. The first article notes the increasing use of paraeducators to provide…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Stronge, James H.; Tucker, Pamela D. – NASSP Practitioner, 1995
Among the principal's most powerful tools for school improvement and effectiveness are program and personnel evaluation. Professional specialists, however, are especially difficult to evaluate. This document presents the Professional Support Personnel (PSP) Evaluation Model for evaluating nonteaching, nonadministrative professionals. These…
Descriptors: Competence, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Job Performance
Montoya, Colleen, Ed. – R&D Alert, 1999
This quarterly newsletter covers educational issues affecting schools in WestEd's 4-state region (Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah) and nationwide. This Summer 1999 edition contains a lead article entitled "Reading for Understanding: A Modern Urban Success Story," which describes a course in "academic literacy," developed…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Program Effectiveness
Thomas, Gary – SET: Research Information for Teachers, 1988
(The paper reports on implications of classroom research for class management techniques especially in classes in which handicapped students are mainstreamed. Findings demonstrating a conflict between giving attention to individual children and keeping general engagement high are identified. Recommended room management (RM) procedures are reported…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Individual Instruction
Foster, Herbert L., Ed. – The Forum, 1984
Three issues of the journal include special foci on student teaching/internships in special education and educating low incidence children in New York City 1853-1945 along with a potpourri issue. The potpourri issue addresses student tutors in the classroom, new directions in the education of the gifted, and a marine education and language…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Brown, Peggy, Ed. – Forum for Liberal Education, 1981
Six programs demonstrating some of the ways colleges and universities are strengthening their advising programs to help students attain liberal educations are described, and an essay by Thomas J. Grites is presented. In "Academic Advising: An Atlas for Liberal Education," Grites defines academic advising as a decision-making process…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Articulation (Education), Decision Making, Faculty Advisers
Smith, Robert T., Ed. – Forum, 1980
Eleven brief articles focus on specific learning disabilities with emphasis on programs in New York State and City. Articles have the following titles and authors: "The History of Learning Disabilities Revisited" (J. Wiederholt, G. Hale); "The Learning in Learning Disability--Ask What, Not Why" (R. Schworm) which stresses the…
Descriptors: Administration, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development
Wallace, Teri, Ed.; Weatherman, Dick, Ed. – Impact, 1995
This newsletter theme issue on distance education serving individuals with disabilities considers historical developments, technology, staff training strategies, and staff training materials. It is noted that improving access to training for staff members can improve the quality of services for individuals with disabilities. The following articles…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Continuing Education
Wallace, Teri, Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1992
This newsletter theme issue features articles on training of direct service staff working with persons with developmental disabilities in employment, education, and residential settings. The articles examine job training, delivery systems, training models, and implications of current approaches. The newsletter includes three articles presenting…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Programs, Competency Based Education, Cooperative Programs
