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Kavale, Kenneth A.; Glass, Gene V. – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1982
The failure of common methods of research synthesis to arrive at conclusions about effectiveness of special education is discussed. Meta-analysis, the analysis of analyses, is proposed as an alternative. Results of meta-analyses in the areas of special versus regular class placement, process training, and medically-based intervention are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Intervention, Mainstreaming, Program Effectiveness
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Guralnick, Michael J.; Groom, Joseph M. – Exceptional Children, 1988
The peer interactions and cognitive levels of play of mildly developmentally delayed preschool children were compared as they participated in mainstreamed and specialized settings. They engaged in substantially higher rates of peer-related social behaviors and constructive play when mainstreamed. Factors affecting early childhood mainstreaming…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Mild Disabilities