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Alturki, Nada – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of using group story-mapping on ESL students with a learning disability in reading comprehension. The researcher focused on a specific graphic organizer in this study, called Group Story-Mapping. This strategy required students with learning disabilities involving reading comprehension to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension
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Wong, Connie; Kasari, Connie – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine play and joint attention in children with autism (n = 27) as compared to children with other developmental delays (n = 28) in public preschool special education classrooms. The participants were observed in their classroom environment for 2 h over 3 separate days. Results show that children with autism…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Developmental Delays, Autism
Fruth, Jason D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examines the impact of the inclusive environment on student performance. As schools work to comply with the Least Restrictive Environment requirement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, including students into the general education environment has become the norm as opposed to the exception. The improvement in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Program Effectiveness, Quasiexperimental Design, Comparative Analysis
OECD Publishing (NJ3), 2008
This book provides an internationally comparable set of indicators on educational provision for students with disabilities, learning difficulties and disadvantages (DDD). It highlights the number of students involved, where they are educated--special schools, special classes or regular classes--and in what phases of education--pre-primary,…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Inclusive Schools
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Cole, Kevin N.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1991
This study of 100 children with mild and moderate disabilities and 24 normal children found no main effect differences between integrated and segregated groups in a special education preschool program. Aptitude-by-treatment analyses revealed that higher performing students gained more from integrated classes, whereas lower performing students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities
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Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1987
The school day of a total of 122 learning disabled, emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, educable mentally retarded, and nonhandicapped elementary students was observed. Findings were noted concerning time allocated to instruction in specific content areas, time spent in different school settings, and time allocated to instruction as a function of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Instruction
Hargroves, Jeannette – 1974
The purpose of this study was to begin to seek new ways of measuring some of the previously uninvestigated areas in which Project Follow Through might be having an impact. In particular, the rates of promotion in school, assignment to special education classes, and assignment to low ability groups were investigated. The following three hypotheses…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
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Mills, Paulette E.; Cole, Kevin N.; Jenkins, Joseph R.; Dale, Philip S. – Exceptional Children, 1998
This study compared three levels of inclusion (special education only, integrated special education, and mainstream placements) on the cognitive and language development of 66 preschool children with disabilities. Analysis of pre- to postgains revealed that integrated special education produced gains that significantly exceeded the rate of normal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools