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Direct linkMalmqvist, Johan – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2018
The aim of the present study was to examine and describe educational leaders' mindset types related to schooling of students with ADHD in five municipalities with ADHD special education classes and in five pair-matched municipalities without such classes. Selection of the ten municipalities was based on the results from a nationwide survey…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Neurological Impairments, Psychiatry, Decision Making
Download full textAlturki, 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
Andrias, Eve, Ed.; Burr, Valentine, Ed. – Bank Street College of Education, 2012
What would schools and classrooms look like if they truly mirrored our democratic ideals? In this issue of the Occasional Papers, five authors explore current and historical questions related to the inclusion of children with disabilities in public schools. The history of educating children with disabilities--an ongoing civil rights issue--has…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Access to Education
Rao, Shaila – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2009
Schools in the United States and schools across majority of countries around the world today face two critical issues: "Inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classrooms" and a contributing factor to success of this inclusion, teachers prepared to use best practices. "Best practices" in education are approaches to teaching,…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, General Education, Disabilities, Special Needs Students
Grey, Ian M.; Bruton, Cora; Honan, Rita; McGuinness, Roisin; Daly, Michael – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2007
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a cooperative learning (CL) intervention on the levels of social and task engagement of a child with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) conducted in a mainstream class setting and a child with ASD implemented in a special needs class setting. The target children were two 8-year-old boys…
Descriptors: Intervention, Autism, Cooperative Learning, Teaching Methods
Angelides, Panayiotis; Michailidou, Antonia – International Journal of Special Education, 2007
One of the provisions of the law for special education in Cyprus is for children considered as having special needs to be educated in "special units". The purpose of this study is to investigate and observe the way that "special units" function in the educational environment in Cyprus, paying particular attention to one unit in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Educational Legislation
Peer reviewedKavale, 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
Scottish Council for Educational Technology, Glasgow. – 1976
The use of various resources in special education in Scotland is described in this collection of 12 papers. Written by classroom teachers, the first five relate individual attempts to deal with particular problems, i.e., science education for the visually handicapped, two different approaches to teaching the mentally handicapped, art for the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Reynolds, Maynard C. – 1973
The "special" quality of special education is the body of knowledge, skills, and attitudes which are used in the education and training of exceptional school children. In practice, these children have been those who public school systems could not or would not teach. The history of education for exceptional children is a simple story of massive…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Exceptional Persons, Mainstreaming, Normalization (Handicapped)
Peer reviewedAlgozzine, Bob; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1988
This study examined the nature of instruction provided in 40 self-contained special classes for students classified as learning disabled, emotionally handicapped, or educable mentally retarded. Few differences were identified in teacher communication patterns, learner involvement, and instructional methods for students with different categorical…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. for Exceptional Children. – 1988
This handbook provides North Carolina school units with an explanation of service delivery components for academically gifted students and an overview of a variety of program models for gifted education. The program options include the following: enrichment in the classroom with the consultant-teacher, the Triad Model, resource room/pull-out,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedFeldhusen, John F.; Sayler, Michael F. – Roeper Review, 1990
A survey evaluation of special classes for the gifted in 35 Indiana school districts was carried out among 173 teachers, administrators, and program coordinators. Results indicated that the curriculum and teaching methods were clearly differentiated for the gifted and were effective in meeting their needs. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Peer reviewedHatlen, P. H.; Curry, S. A. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1987
The learning needs of blind and visually impaired children can be categorized into three groups: (1) needs met by adapting the curriculum; (2) needs met by changing the instructional methodology; and (3) developmental and educational needs unique to these students. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Children, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development
CONNOR, FRANCES P.; TALBOT, MABEL E. – 1966
THIS CURRICULUM REPORT IS A DESCRIPTION OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR PRESCHOOL EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN, TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS DEVELOPMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL CLASSES IN NEW YORK CITY. THE EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM WAS THE INDEPENDENT VARIABLE OF A RESEARCH PROJECT TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF GROUP EXPERIENCE UPON YOUNG…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Research
