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Direct linkMarc Nachowitz – English Journal, 2015
Sara's story reports the effects of an experimental intervention applying knowledge-building principles for learning, as well as the unanticipated improvement of literacy skills of students with IEPs. According to the author, if you believe that knowledge is socially and collaboratively constructed, as the author does, then an overwhelming…
Descriptors: Experimental Teaching, Individualized Education Programs, Literacy, Epistemology
Agran, Martin; Krupp, Michael – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
The available data suggest that both students and adults with disabilities sustain injuries and are victims of crimes at high levels. Despite these alarming data, several researchers have suggested that safety skills instruction has largely been ignored as a curricular domain. Further, although parents can serve a critical function in educational…
Descriptors: Child Safety, Safety Education, Skill Development, Children
Otey, John W. – 1981
This paper presents a method of identifying classroom social structures that can be used by teachers involved with writing behavioral objectives and Individualized Education Plans (IEP). By measuring the classroom environment, one has a greater probability of achieving the desired learning environment. A sociometric test enables the teacher to…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Persons
Peer reviewedWeinfeld, Rich; Barnes-Robinson, Linda; Jeweler, Sue; Shevitz, Betty – Roeper Review, 2002
This article discusses a comprehensive program for gifted students with learning disabilities in Maryland's Montgomery Country Public Schools (MCPS). MCPS has developed special self-contained classes for gifted students with severe learning disabilities while those with moderate and mild disabilities receive gifted instruction and services in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disabled, Inclusive Schools
Twitchell, Wirt B.; Foster, Carl – 1981
Special Education programs at nine Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools were investigated to establish and identify priorities for improvement and to determine the effectiveness of each program. The monitoring procedure involved random sampling of files of identified exceptional students and an in-depth examination of the documentation…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Classroom Environment, Disabilities
Peer reviewedRoeder, Peter M. – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1997
Analyzes teachers' attitudes regarding the value and practicality of adapting their teaching to the needs of heterogeneous classes. Surveys teachers and administrators in five German comprehensive schools. Finds that teachers do not support the view that within-class grouping may be a viable alternative to systems of across-class setting by…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Development
