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A Five-Year Follow-up on the Role of Educational Support in Preventing Dropout from Upper Secondary Education in Finland
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Hakkarainen, Airi M.; Holopainen, Leena K.; Savolainen, Hannu K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
In this longitudinal study, we investigated the role of word reading and mathematical difficulties measured in 9th grade as factors for receiving educational support for learning in upper secondary education in Grades 10 to 12 (from ages 16 to 19) and furthermore as predictors of dropout from upper secondary education within 5 years after…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Research, Secondary Education
Investigating the Effectiveness of Special Education: An Analysis of Methodology.
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Tindal, Gerald – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
The review examines evaluations of the efficacy of special education programs for mildly disabled children. The author suggests that serious methodological flaws make our present knowledge in this area very weak and proposes a methodology to address and overcome many of the limitations of previous research. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mild Disabilities, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Steps before the Referral.
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Gerardi, Robert J.; Coolidge, Paula G. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1983
The authors suggest a preventive program for behavior problems in potentially learning disabled students prior to referral. This preventive program should include teacher workshops on behavior modification, affective training in the classroom, parent education on children's emotional development, inservice courses for all elementary teachers, and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Treatment Outcomes for Students with Learning Disabilities: How Important Are Internal and External Validity?
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Simmerman, Susan; Swanson, H. Lee – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2001
A review of 913 studies involving students with learning disabilities found treatment outcomes were significantly affected by the following violations: teacher effects, establishing criterion levels of instructional performance, reliance on experimental measures, using different pretest and posttest measures, using a sample heterogeneous in age,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Influences, Learning Disabilities, Outcomes of Treatment