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Deidre NeCol Whitehead – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Recognition of the need for students with disabilities to receive free and appropriate education was brought to the forefront with the passage of Public Law 93 - 112, Rehabilitation Act in 1973. In 1975 Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act was enacted requiring all schools to develop and provide a free, appropriate…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Interpersonal Relationship, Student Attitudes
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Jeon, Mookyung – International Journal of Special Education, 2018
Disability simulation is an educational approach to modify attitudes and behaviors toward persons with disabilities by allowing participants to experience simulated life activities of individuals with disabilities. Despite the controversy regarding the effectiveness of disability simulations and its potential counterproductive effects, however,…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Disabilities, Simulation, Elementary School Students
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Chen, Chin-Chih; Hamm, Jill V.; Farmer, Thomas W.; Lambert, Kerrylin; Mehtaji, Meera – Remedial and Special Education, 2015
This study examined subtypes and stability/change in peer victimization involvement among students with exceptionalities. Data were collected over spring of fifth grade and fall/spring of sixth grade with 1,861 students in 36 rural schools as part of a cluster randomized trial of a context-based intervention (Supporting Early Adolescent Learning…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Peer Relationship, Bullying, Victims
Chen, Chin-Chih; Hamm, Jill V.; Farmer, Thomas W.; Lambert, Kerrylin; Mehtaji, Meera – Grantee Submission, 2015
This study examined subtypes and stability/change in peer victimization involvement among students with exceptionalities. Data were collected over spring of fifth grade and fall/spring of sixth grade with 1,861 students in 36 rural schools as part of a cluster randomized trial of a context-based intervention (Supporting Early Adolescent Learning…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Victims, Intervention, Disabilities
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Meeks, Bryce T.; Martinez, James; Pienta, Rachel S. – International Journal of Instruction, 2014
The purpose of this research study was to determine if the Edmark Reading Program increased reading fluency, attitudes, and engagement in third-grade students with disabilities (N = 7). Student fluency was measured using estimated oral reading fluency determined by the STAR reading assessment. A statistically significant difference was found…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Grade 3, Reading Programs, Student Attitudes
Ianneo, Brittany – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Accommodation~assimilation relations were theorized by Kelso and Engstrom (2006) as independent and dependent complementary pairs. This study defined relationships between organisms that experienced complementary interactions of accommodation~assimilation in diverse ecologies designed with universal design for learning environments (UDLE) compared…
Descriptors: Ecology, Ecological Factors, Access to Education, Educational Environment
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Davies, Patricia L.; Schelly, Catherine L.; Spooner, Craig L. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2013
To date, a mere handful of studies have been conducted to determine the effectiveness of providing training to university instructors on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the impact this training has on student outcomes, especially for students with disabilities. While these studies offer some useful data, their results may…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Development, Access to Education, Disabilities
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Katz, Jennifer – Canadian Journal of Education, 2013
When the Three Block Model of Universal Design for Learning (Katz, 2012a) is implemented, outcomes related to student academic and social engagement were investigated in this study. 631 students from Grades 1 to 12 attending ten schools located in two rural and three urban school divisions in Manitoba took part in the study. Intervention and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Inclusion, Intervention
McKay, Catherine – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Paralympic School Day (PSD) is a disability awareness program that provides a platform for attitude change by raising awareness about disability and disability sport. The purpose of this study was to determine if PSD would have a positive impact on the attitudes of students without disabilities toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Consciousness Raising, Athletics, Competition
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Godeau, Emmanuelle; Vignes, Celine; Sentenac, Mariane; Ehlinger, Virginie; Navarro, Felix; Grandjean, Helene; Arnaud, Catherine – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: Although inclusive education of disabled children is now an accepted practice, it is often challenged by negative peer attitudes. We undertook an interventional study aimed at improving students' attitudes towards their disabled peers. Method: The participants were students from the 7th grade of twelve paired schools (1509 students from 62…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Inclusive Schools, Intervention, Student Attitudes
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Mazzoni, Erin R.; Purves, P. Lynn; Southward, Julie; Rhodes, Ryan E.; Temple, Viviene A. – Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2009
The impact of a six-week indoor wall climbing on the perceptions of self for children with special needs aged 6-12 years was explored. Participants (n = 46) were randomly assigned to the intervention (girls, n = 4; boys, n = 19) and control groups (girls, n = 5; boys, n = 18). Belayers' and children's perceptions of efficacy were measured using…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Females, Self Efficacy, Self Concept
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Marom, Meyrav; Cohen, Doron; Naon, Denise – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2007
This quasi-experimental study investigated how direct contact between students with and without disabilities impacted disability-related attitudes and specific self-efficacy of study participants. Study participants (N = 170) were students without disabilities who attended general education schools. Students in an experimental group (N = 77)…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Disabilities, Self Efficacy, Control Groups
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Kim, JooHye; Park, Eunhye; Snell, Martha E. – Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 2005
Effects of written information and weekly special educator contact on general educators in Seoul, Korea was examined. Special educators prepared a weekly newsletter to educate teachers on how to include children with disabilities in their classrooms for part of the day. Participants were 30 general educators and 300 nondisabled peers of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Special Education Teachers