The researchers who conducted a study of the views of regular elementary teachers toward provision of special services through either "pull-in" or "pull-out" programs consider the researcher's role as change agent. The authors stress the timing of their research (with new legislation mandating consultant teacher services) and…

This study compared the views of 11 general education elementary teachers whose remedial reading students participated in integrated pull-in programs with views of 11 colleagues with similar students served by pull-out programs. Intergroup differences included more positive attitudes toward pull-in programs by teachers experienced with them than…