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Innocenti, Mark S. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1993
This essay on EC 606 264, which found that more intense early intervention programs for children with disabilities were not more effective, comments on the "political incorrectness" of the results, the possibility for misinterpretation of the results, and the need to reexamine beliefs about what contributes to effective intervention programs. (JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Politics of Education, Program Effectiveness

Gersten, Russell – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2001
This essay begins by discussing the current cynicism regarding the usefulness of research-based strategies in the field of education. Using examples of high-quality research that utilizes diverse methodologies, a framework is presented for thinking about various types of research and their implications. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Methodology

Jackson, Robin – Scottish Educational Review, 1993
Critically reviews a study commissioned by the Scottish Education Department (SED) on the transition to adulthood of young people with special educational needs. Although the research serves the political purposes of the SED, it contains sampling problems and unrepresentative case studies and fails to address cost effectiveness. (KS)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Research, Foreign Countries

Vaughn, Sharon; Klingner, Janette; Hughes, Marie – Exceptional Children, 2000
This article reviews sustainability of research-based practices and the extent to which it is reasonable to assume that educators can or should sustain practices over time. Facilitators for sustainability are discussed and include teacher input and a feeling of collaboration, sensitivity, and responsiveness between the researcher and the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Investigating School-Related Behavior Disorders: Lessons Learned from a Thirty-Year Research Career.

Walker, Hill M. – Exceptional Children, 2000
A winner of the Council for Exceptional Children Research Award reflects on the enabling effect of a supportive context for research, lessons learned relating to career successes and failures, and the value of applied research. The need develop a program of long-term research is discussed. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Careers, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Stixrud, William R. – 1982
The answers of scholars and leaders in the fields of early education and child development to four broad interview questions concerning sociopolitical factors influencing early childhood care and education have been organized topically in the chapters of this book. In chapter 1, technical and ethical problems in early identification of actual and…
Descriptors: Certification, Child Development, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education

Steinberg, Adria; Tovey, Roberta – Montessori Life, 1997
Argues research on the efficacy of special education is poor. Describes key flaws including (1) lack of proper control groups; (2) studies that utilize matching of similarly disabled students rather than random selection; (3) measurements of effectiveness; and (4) studies that have become outdated as the functional definitions of labels have…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Evaluation Problems
Roessler, Richard T.; Hiett, Atherton – 1982
A study was conducted to understand better a common problem in job development efforts in rehabilitation--the poor returns of mailed-out surveys and, therefore, identification of few job leads for further cultivation. Two experimental job development investigations were used, one with large firms and one with small firms, to examine the effect of…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employer Attitudes, Job Development
Research Exchange, 2002
These three issues of the "Research Exchange" focus on how better to conduct disability research and disseminate research results. The first issue examines the topic of human subject/human research participant protection, with a focus on research funded through the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). It…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1999
This literature review discusses the need for rehabilitation organizations to become culturally competent and for rehabilitation research to reach and be utilized by minority populations. Sections address the incidence of disability in minority populations, the socially constructed nature of race, culture, and disability, cultural power and the…
Descriptors: Adults, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Data Collection
Research Exchange, 2001
These three newsletters focus on advances and challenges in disability research. The first issue focuses on the results of a survey that investigated how many consumers with disabilities had a computer available in their home and their Internet use. The study involved administrators of Independent Living Centers (ILC) and ILC consumers. Findings…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Children, Computers
Anderegg, M. L.; Vergason, Glenn A. – 1990
One of the changes advocated by the Regular Education Initiative (REI) is the placement of all students with disabilities in regular education classes. This paper analyzes this REI proposal and discusses four objections, with citations to relevant literature: (1) restriction of the continuum of services, which may result in students being put…
Descriptors: Accountability, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Change

Snell, Martha E. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2003
This article discusses the problem of translating research results into special education practices. It stresses that achieving effective research in schools requires extensive collaboration between researchers and practitioners, and outlines the role of researchers, practitioners, faculty in teacher preparation programs, state departments of…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agency Role, Change Agents, Change Strategies