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Peer reviewedDee, Venita Dyer – Exceptional Children, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Dewey, Helen – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1973
Six legally blind students in a special class were provided with a system of airing any complaints. (DB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Exceptional Child Education, Program Descriptions, Special Classes
Peer reviewedSteele, Joe Milan; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1971
Gifted classes were shown to have a broader scope of cognitive emphasis, to emphasize higher thought processes, have more opportunity for discussion, less teacher domination, and more enthusiastic students. (Author)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedSkiba, Russell; Raison, Jeffrey – Exceptional Children, 1990
Timeout use was found to be low to moderate for the majority of 88 severely behaviorally disordered students in an elementary school self-contained program. Little evidence was found of a relationship between timeout use and academic achievement. In contrast, measures of school absence, in particular truancy, were correlated with poor academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedRosenkoetter, Sharon E.; Fowler, Susan A. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1986
Based on a study of the differences between the way regular and special education teachers handle classroom transitions, this discussion suggests seven steps special education teachers should take to aid students in classroom transitions. A list of 24 different transition cues is included. (JC)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedMooneyham, Jeannine – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1990
Suggestions for using children's literature in special classes for hearing-impaired elementary grade students are offered, using Wanda Gag's "Millions of Cats" as an example that is applied across all curriculum areas. (DB)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedDemers, Lois A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
The program was developed to minimize classroom disruptions which often occur when a behavior problem student (9 to 13 years old) from a special education homeroom is placed in the mainstream. The program also was designed to encourage on task performance and work completion both in the homeroom and mainstream settings through reinforcement for…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSutton, Joe P.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1992
Comparison of teaching behaviors across grade level and educational setting (resource and self-contained) of 65 beginning teachers found main effects for both grade level and educational setting including that elementary teachers provided more transitions between instructional activities and that teachers in self-contained settings exhibited more…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedFeldman, David – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1994
Use of Assertive Discipline procedures (emphasizing consistent application of praise and reward) were applied with two five-year olds with developmental delays and behavior problems over a one-year period. The procedures were effective in both segregated and regular classroom settings. Differential effects across types of disruptive behavior were…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
Jennings, Matthew – Writing Teacher, 1996
A teacher describes a writing program in his self-contained seventh-grade class for students with emotional disturbances or neurological impairments. Principles such as the importance of positive teacher expectations and plenty of writing time are stressed, and use of word processing, effective class organization, a classroom magazine, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Principles, Emotional Disturbances, Junior High Schools
Brigham, Frederick J.; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1992
Eight public school adolescent students with mild mental retardation and severely disruptive classroom behaviors participated in a cooperative behavior management intervention in which student teams were rewarded for appropriate classroom behavior. Rewarding both teams and individuals was most successful in decreasing inappropriate behavior in all…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques
Download full textKluwin, Thomas N. – 1989
This study sought to determine effective instructional practices for hearing-impaired students in mainstreamed and special classes. It involved a survey of 63 secondary mathematics teachers (with an 87% response rate), teacher logs of assignments and class work, and live observations. The study found no main effect for type of classroom…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, Hearing Impairments
Cambone, Joseph – 1990
The paper is a description of how one teacher structured a classroom for five seriously disturbed violent boys (ages 5.5 to 8 years) at a private residential and day school for emotionally disturbed students. Anecdotes are reported as well as the teacher's reflections. Changes in the teacher's original planned class structure while maintaining the…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Techniques
ORMOND, LAMAR; AND OTHERS – 1963
THE MENTALLY RETARDED PERSON MUST LEARN TO COPE WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF DAILY LIVING FROM THE STANDPOINT OF HIS UNIQUE HANDICAP. SOME OF HIS NEEDS INCLUDE LEARNING TO--MAINTAIN A STATE OF PHYSICAL WELL-BEING, LIVE SAFELY, UNDERSTAND HIMSELF, GET ALONG WITH OTHERS, COMMUNICATE IDEAS, USE LEISURE TIME, EARN A LIVING, BE A HOMEMAKER, ENJOY…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Organization, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Benson, F. Arthur M., Ed. – 1969
Behavior modification procedures appropriate to the classroom for altering socially deviant behaviors in young children are described. In the first section (Teachers, Peers and Parents as Agents of Change in the Classroom), the classroom is not only the focus of study but also the setting in which treatment, in the form of intervention programs,…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Conditioning
