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Gremp, Michelle A.; Easterbrooks, Susan R. – Volta Review, 2018
Sound levels and acoustic characteristic information was obtained in classrooms serving children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) in grades K-2 in a variety of settings across the United States and Canada. Sound levels were easily measured using iPads, and acoustic characteristics were documented. Noise levels exceeded the American National…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Primary Education
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Urbani, Jacquelyn M. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2019
Deaf and hard of hearing (d/Dhh) children frequently have delayed language; yet limited research exists on interventions to facilitate linguistic development in the classroom (Fung, Chow, & McBride-Chang, 2005). Dialogic reading is an evidence-based practice that has resulted in significantly improved language skills (Towson, Fettig, Fleury,…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition, Reading Instruction
Alturki, 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
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Walker, L. D.; VanderPloeg, Merri Kae – Gifted Child Today, 2015
The authors describe a survey of graduates of a high school program for the academically gifted and argue that such data, both qualitative and quantitative, can add an important element to the evaluation of a program--in this case, a regional Governor's School--especially by using a Comparison group of high-achieving graduates of the same systems'…
Descriptors: Surveys, Academically Gifted, High School Students, High School Graduates
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Marks, Susan Unok; Kurth, Jennifer A.; Bartz, Jody Marie – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2014
Although inclusive education has been increasing in frequency for students with disabilities in the United States, for many students, the opportunity to be educated with their peers without disabilities continues to be out of reach despite decades of efforts by those promoting the vision of inclusion. This exploratory case study used interviews…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Disabilities
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Newcomer, Sarah N.; Collier, Lizabeth C. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2015
Sharing the findings from two qualitative case studies, analyzed together, this article examines various ways educators, both elementary teachers and teacher educators, exercise agency in their interpretation and implementation of Arizona's model of Structured English Immersion (SEI), a 4-hour English Language Development (ELD) block, which…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Qualitative Research
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Carlson, Lynn – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2013
Educators today are faced with learning to implement the Common Core Standards in Language Arts and Math. Administrators are requiring grade level general education teachers/special education teachers to meet in Private Learning Communities in order to discuss the best ways to implement the CCS as well as to discuss best practices for writing…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Grade 1
Frey, Laura; Lane, Cindy – 1995
The Bridges Program of the Wyandotte Comprehensive Special Education Cooperative in Kansas works to have students with chronic aberrant behavior in alternative school settings function successfully in a self-contained setting in the student's home school. The program works to create an environment which will address the curriculum needs and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education
Perras, Cynthia L. – 1995
This study explored experiences of 10 Ontario parents of adolescents with mental retardation concerning integrated versus contained elementary and secondary school placements, especially attitudes about curriculum, social acceptance, support services, educators, and advocacy. All students were currently in a contained placement but had experience…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inclusive Schools
Miller, Maurice; Loukellis, Irene – 1982
The basis for socially mainstreaming handicapped children as well as changing attitudes toward the handicapped are discussed; and a list of teaching activities and resources for introducing students to the mentally retarded, the visually impaired, the physically handicapped, the hearing impaired, and the learning disabled is presented. A summary…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Hearing Impairments
Dickinson, Valerie J. – 1987
A descriptive study reports on attitudes of 24 special day class teachers toward mainstreaming of learning handicapped students and toward practices used to implement mainstreaming. Questionnaires were completed concerning factual, attitudinal, and process information for placement and monitoring in the least restrictive environment (LRE).…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Clary, Joan Turner; And Others – 1994
This study examined the prevalence of different program models for early childhood special education services (ECSE) to children with disabilities, ages 3-5, in Iowa. The degree to which children in ECSE programs received special education services in settings with their peers who did not have disabilities was also investigated. The study sample…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools
Belcastro, Frank P. – 1995
Using a questionnaire developed for a 1985 national survey of educational practices for gifted students in both public and parochial schools (the Sid W. Richardson Study), this study surveyed 273 Iowa school districts in 1993 to determine types of programs in existence in Iowa schools and how Iowa schools differed from the nation's schools in its…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Delivery Systems, Educational Practices
Sangster, Sandra; Erling, Sally – 1986
The academic progress and self-concept of North York (Ontario, Canada) learning-disabled and educable retarded students were studied, with particular reference to the effectiveness of placement in mixed exceptionality versus single exceptionality programs. Information was gathered from the published special education literature, students' files,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Mild Mental Retardation
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Feldhusen, 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
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