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Leithwood, Kenneth; Sun, Jingping – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2012
Background: Using meta-analytic review techniques, this study synthesized the results of 79 unpublished studies about the nature of transformational school leadership (TSL) and its impact on the school organization, teachers, and students. This corpus of research associates TSL with 11 specific leadership practices. These practices, as a whole,…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness, Meta Analysis
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Fowler, Catherine H.; Konrad, Moira; Walker, Allison R.; Test, David W.; Wood, Wendy M. – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2007
Federal laws mandate that students with cognitive disabilities receive instruction in academic skills and also support the importance of teaching self-determination. The purpose of this literature review was to synthesize intervention research examining effects of self-determination interventions on academic skills for students with cognitive…
Descriptors: Research Design, Developmental Disabilities, Academic Achievement, Mental Retardation
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Starza-Smith, Arleta – Disability, Handicap and Society, 1989
Fifteen studies of severe mental retardation in children are reviewed, from the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, Quebec, and West Germany. For each study, the aims, definitions, subpopulations studied, case-finding methods, and findings are reported. Findings are then analyzed in terms of prevalence, etiology, service provision, and associated…
Descriptors: Etiology, Foreign Countries, Incidence, Meta Analysis