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Peer reviewedBurton-Szabo, Sally – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1996
This article makes a case for special classes for gifted students and answers objections to special classes raised by the middle school movement and the cooperative learning movement. A sample "Celebration of Me" unit taught to gifted seventh graders which involved poetry, literature, personal development, art, music, and physical fitness is…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Philosophy, Gifted, Grade 7
Direct linkMarsh, Herbert W.; Tracey, Danielle K.; Craven, Rhonda G. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
Confirmatory factor analysis of responses by 211 preadolescents (M age = 10.25 years,SD = 1.48) with mild intellectual disabilities (MIDs) to the individually administered Self Description Questionnaire I-Individual Administration (SDQI-IA) counters widely cited claims that these children cannot differentiate multiple self-concept factors. Results…
Descriptors: Multidimensional Scaling, Self Concept, Preadolescents, Mild Mental Retardation
Rousseau, Marilyn K. – 1989
This study evaluated a behavioral teaching strategy for teaching the use of compound predicates in writing to three academically deficient, behaviorally disordered boys (ages 9 to 13). The strategy attempted to affect the number of compound predicates per T-unit (minimal terminable unit) per 20-minute writing session using a combination of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Elliot, W. L. – 1991
The RE-FOCUS Program at Ruskin High School in Kansas City, Missouri, helps at-risk students to redefine their efforts in social behavior and academic success. When inappropriate behavior occurs and the classroom teacher needs assistance, the student is taken out of his/her regular school environment and assigned in the RE-FOCUS room. The program,…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, High Risk Students
Stein, Regina A. – 1990
A questionnaire sent to 274 Michigan special education teachers in resource rooms and self-contained classrooms were dsigned to identify the treatment methods and materials used by these teachers to teach penmanship and spelling to learning-disabled students. A review of the literature examines the theoretical background of written expression,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Handwriting, Instructional Materials, Learning Disabilities
Taulbee, Dianne R.; And Others – 1986
This curriculum guide presents principles for teaching emotionally impaired (EI) secondary students in the Jackson County Intermediate School District in Michigan. The first chapter examines management of programs for this population, developing and maintaining relationships, professional development, understanding emotional disturbance, classroom…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Eligibility, Emotional Disturbances
Download full textCaccamo, James M. – 1985
Possible reasons for the nationwide increase in the number of children identified as learning disabled (LD) include abrogation of general education's responsibility toward difficult to educate children, increasing differences in preservice general and special education training, the increase in parent/student rights litigation, and parental…
Descriptors: Incidence, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Primary Education
Danielson, Louis C.; Bellamy, G. Thomas – 1988
The study examined state-to-state variability in the use of alternative placements for disabled students ages 6-17 during school year 1986-87, including the extent to which students were placed in settings apart from the regular education environment. Data submitted annually to the Office of Special Education Programs (U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Practices, Educational Trends
Mertens, Donna M. – 1986
Two studies were designed to examine the effect of school placement (specifically, mainstreamed versus self-contained classrooms) on the social development of hearing-impaired high school youth. In the first study, 85 hearing-impaired high school students (some in self-contained classrooms, and others mainstreamed) were assessed on measures of…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Hearing Impairments, High School Students, High Schools
Sisk, Dorothy – 1984
Provisions for gifted student identification and educational programming in Australia, the USSR, Venezuela, Brazil, Indonesia, Israel, and the Peoples Republic of China, and the United Kingdom are discussed. Concern for locating and serving the gifted is apparent in all these countries. Issues and program efforts in gifted education are quite…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Madden, Nancy A.; Slavin, Robert E. – 1982
The paper reviews research on the effects of placement in full-time special education classes, part-time regular classes with resource support, and full-time regular classes on mildly handicapped students. Also examined are programs designed to improve achievement, social-emotional adjustment, and social acceptance of the academically handicapped…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Exceptional Child Research
Heller, Kirby A., Ed.; And Others – 1982
The document contains the final report of a project to determine the factors that account for disproportionate representation of minority students in special education programs, especially programs for mentally retarded students; and to identify placement criteria for practices that do not affect minority students disproportionately. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
ITKIN, WILLIAM; MULLEN, FRANCES A. – 1961
LEARNING ABILITIES OF EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WERE STUDIED OVER A 4-YEAR PERIOD. THE RESEARCH RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIX-PART REPORT. PART ONE, THE ACHIEVEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT OF EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED (EMH) CHILDREN, EMPLOYED THE MATCHED-PAIR METHOD WITH APPROXIMATELY 700 SAMPLES OF EMH CHILDREN, 7-13 YEARS OF AGE.…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Cooperative Programs, Instructional Materials, Learning Processes
MURPHY, THOMAS J.; AND OTHERS – 1966
SINCE ITS BEGINNING IN 1928, THE PROGRAM HAS EXPANDED TO BECOME A DEPARTMENT (1953), AND IN 1964, THE DEPARTMENT PROCESSED 1,500 CASES. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, TRAINABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, CONFINED TO HOME OR HOSPITAL, VISUALLY HANDICAPPED, SPEECH HANDICAPPED,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Day Care, Learning Problems, Mental Retardation
Inkster Public Schools, MI. Lincoln Child Development Center. – 1968
An innovative kindergarten program was established as a federally funded project to pursue the following objectives: (1) to discover and develop the potential ability of each child, (2) to develop feelings of autonomy and self-worth, (3) to provide experiences for developing inquiring attitudes and for development of self-confidence and positive…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Curriculum, Educational Objectives, Kindergarten
