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Download full textSherman, Lee, Ed.; Boss, Suzie, Ed.; Weeks, Denise Jarrett, Ed. – Northwest Education, 2003
This document contains the four issues of Northwest Education published during the 2002-03 school year. Issue themes are: (1) "Closing the Gap: How Northwest Schools Are Raising Minority Achievement"; (2) "Focus on Writing"; (3) "The Hidden Disability: When Bright Children Struggle To Learn"; and (4) "Discoveries…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disabled
Faraday, Sally – FEDA Paper, 1996
A 1993 study examined the range of opportunities that Open College Network (OCN) accreditation offered to learners with learning difficulties and disabilities in Great Britain. It examined OCN quality processes, including recognition panels, moderation, and internal quality systems. Information was gathered from the National Open College Network,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Certificates, Educational Practices, Educational Quality
Ellis, William, Ed. – Their World, 1993
This 1993 edition offers 23 papers on various aspects of learning disabilities, presented in four sections on: (1) social and emotional dimensions of learning disabilities, (2) creative environments for students with learning disabilities, (3) thoughts for parents, and (4) thinking about college. Articles include, among others: "Building Strength…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Creative Development
Their World, 1996
The 26 articles in this annual on learning disabilities (LD) are organized into the following categories: research articles, educator resources, educational practices, creativity, professional insights, the LD experience of youth and adults, explaining LD to a child, and parents' trials and tribulations. The articles are: "National Institute…
Descriptors: Art Education, Attribution Theory, Child Rearing, Creativity
Vergason, Glenn A., Ed.; Hutzler, Yeshayahu, Ed. – Issues in Special Education & Rehabilitation, 1993
This interdisciplinary scientific journal emphasizes the linkage between special education and rehabilitation services. Selected papers from the first two issues include: "The Impact of Current Issues in Teacher Education on the Preparation of Special Educators" (Patricia Edelen-Smith and others); "Training Teachers and Parents To Work…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Hughes, Maria; Kingsford, Margaret – FE Matters, 1997
Effective models for helping adults with disabilities and/or learning difficulties obtain and maintain employment were identified through a research project that included the following activities: collection of background information from 20 providers of support for employment in England and Wales; case studies of a geographically representative…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies
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Direct linkObiakor, Festus E., Ed.; Utley, Cheryl A., Ed. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2002
This issue of "Multiple Voices" contains the following articles: (1) "A Self-Study of Diversity: Preservice Teachers' Beliefs Revealed through Classroom Practices" (Donna M. Sobel and others), which presents the results of seven preservice teachers' self-study that reveals ways in which the teachers' beliefs regarding diversity issues were…
Descriptors: American Indians, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Bilingual Education, Blacks
Garner, Barbara, Ed. – Focus on Basics, 2001
This set of four newsletters contains articles to help adult basic education and literacy teachers connect research and practice. The following are among the articles included: "The Effects of Continuing Goal-Setting on Persistence in a Math Classroom" (Pamela Meader); "Do the Cognitive Skills of Dropouts Matter in the Labor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
