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Mattison, Richard E.; Schneider, Jayne – Behavioral Disorders, 2009
Students new to a self-contained middle school for students with emotional disturbance (ED) were followed during their first year to assess the effectiveness of the program on school functioning and psychopathology. Measures for academic functioning (grade point average and subject failures), attendance (absenteeism and lateness), and disciplinary…
Descriptors: Suspension, Grade Point Average, Emotional Disturbances, Hyperactivity
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Guzel-Ozmen, Ruya – Exceptional Children, 2006
This study investigated the effectiveness of Modified Cognitive Strategy Instruction in Writing (CSIW) with mildly mentally retarded students' skills in writing problem/solution texts. Participants were from two self-contained and multiage classrooms in Turkey. Instruction had a positive impact on the amount of time students spent planning and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mild Mental Retardation, Mixed Age Grouping, Writing Strategies
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1977
An overview is presented of the procedures, findings, interpretations, and recommendations related to Hawaii's 3 on 2 program. The 3 on 2 program is an organizational concept for the primary grades in which three teachers are involved with two classrooms in a team teaching approach. The four major objectives are: to acquire basic learnings, to…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Objectives, Experimental Programs, Individualized Instruction
Hanby, Donna M.; Badiali, Bernard J. – 1994
This evaluation report reviews the gifted education program of Fairfield (Ohio) public schools since its inception in 1977, with emphasis on its full-time curriculum-based program for grades 4 through 8 and future needs. Evaluation was focused on assessment of student outcomes, and data were collected by means of surveys, interviews, observations,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Counselor Attitudes, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1977
The arguments are presented for and against the Hawaii 3 on 2 program, a team-taught, flexible, individualized instructional program for primary grade students. This report is based on an advocate-adversary evaluation design. The advocate team concluded that: the program is working effectively; teachers, principals, and parents support the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Educational Objectives
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. – 1977
The first volume of this three-volume report is a technical report and is intended to describe: the process used to evaluate the 3 on 2 Program; the data collection methods and the analysis procedures undertaken; and the results of the data analysis. This volume presents specific findings and analyses, whereas the evaluative conclusions are…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Dodge, Kenneth A.; Dishion, Thomas J.; Lansford, Jennifer E. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2006
The problem is well known to every parent of a teenager, every high school teacher, every clinical practitioner, and every social policy maker: vulnerable adolescents risk becoming more deviant through association with deviant peers and peer groups. Deviant peer influences are among the most potent factors in the development of antisocial…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Adolescents, Peer Groups, Program Effectiveness