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Parent and Pupil Perceptions of Special Classes for Emotionally Disturbed Children
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McKinnon, Archie J. – Exceptional Children, 1970
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research, Parent Attitudes, Special Classes
Clearinghouse: Cognitive and Affective Patterns of Emphasis in Gifted and Average Illinois Classes
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Steele, Joe Milan; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1971
Gifted classes were shown to have a broader scope of cognitive emphasis, to emphasize higher thought processes, have more opportunity for discussion, less teacher domination, and more enthusiastic students. (Author)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Research
Attitudes of Children Toward Their Special Class Placement
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Warner, Frank; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1973
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Exceptional Child Education, Identification
Student Views of Special Placement and Their Own Special Classes: A Clarification
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Jones, Reginald L. – Exceptional Children, 1974
The School Morale Inventory was given to 341 junior high school retarded students in special classes (227 in inner city schools and 114 in suburban schools) and 717 nonretarded students in the same schools to compare the school attitudes of retarded and nonretarded students and of inner city and suburban retarded students. (LC)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Junior High School Students, Mental Retardation
The Validity of Categorical Learning Disabilities Services: The Consumer's View.
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Guterman, Beverly R. – Exceptional Children, 1995
This study assessed the effects of special education placement from the perspectives of nine high school students receiving learning disabilities services in separate classrooms. Students did not view their experiences as either socially or academically efficacious, but they valued the services to avoid an unresponsive general education system and…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming
Special Class Placements as Labels: Effects on Children's Attitudes toward Learning Handicapped Peers.
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Bak, John J.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1987
Students in grades four to six (N=77) judged the capabilities of peers traditionally labeled as "learning disabled" or "educable mentally retarded" but depicted in written vignettes only as attending either a resource room or special classroom. Students in special classes were judged significantly less capable than students in resource room…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Intermediate Grades, Labeling (of Persons), Learning Disabilities