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Download full textMiller, Maurice; Fritz, Marie F. – 2000
This report discusses the findings of a review of 35 articles on the perceptions of students with disabilities regarding student placement. Results of the review indicate students with special education needs vastly prefer general education classroom placement to any form of separateness. Students generally report reluctance about leaving the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Resource Room Programs
Belcastro, Frank P. – 1995
This study was a follow-up to a 1993 study which surveyed Iowa school districts to compare types of programs for gifted students in Iowa with the 16 types found in a 1985 national survey (the Richardson study). The present study examined the five program types which the 1993 study identified as having a large number of characteristics…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Educational Needs
Belcastro, Frank P. – 1998
This paper discusses the outcomes of a 1997 survey of 171 Iowa public school districts on programs offered to gifted students. The survey evaluated whether the school districts offered the following programs: enrichment in the regular classrooms, part-time special classes, full-time special classes, independent study, itinerant teacher,…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Advanced Placement, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Harvard Education Letter, 1989
The question of responsibility for the education of disabled students has become a controversial issue. This article explores the debate between proponents of special education and of mainstreaming for academically handicapped children. Under Public Law 94-142, disabled children are guaranteed an appropriate public education in the least…
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Handicap Identification
Hatlen, Philip H. – 1980
The importance of providing adequate support systems in educating the visually impaired (VI) child is explored in this sourcebook. It is presented as a guide for the regular classroom teacher. It explains the evolution of various contemporary support systems, pros and cons of various placement systems, and problems of ineffective support systems…
Descriptors: Children, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Itinerant Teachers
Collier, Catherine, Ed.; And Others – 1982
The document contains the second of a two-volume annotated bilbiography on bilingual special education. Three major sections cover the following topics: teaching materials available for the bilingual special education classroom; literature about existing bilingual special education programs (general resource rooms, early childhood, emotionally…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
