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Download full textSerwer, Blanche L. – 1971
Sixty-two first graders identified as being at risk for later learning difficulties were assigned to either of two special classes or distributed through regular first grade classes and were provided with one of the following forms of treatment: direct teaching of reading, indirect teaching (perceptual-motor training), combined treatment, and…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Prediction
PERRY, HAROLD W.
AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM STUDIED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEW METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND TEACHING PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISORDERS. SUBJECTS WERE SELECTED BY THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA--SPECIFIC LEARNING DEFICITS, PERCEPTUAL DEFICITS, GENERAL COORDINATION DEFICITS, HYPERKINESIS, IMPULSIVITY, EMOTIONAL LIBILITY, SHORT…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Perception
Peer reviewedCarter, John L.; Synolds, Donald – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1974
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Research, Handwriting, Learning Disabilities
Meyen, Edward L.; Carr, Donald L. – 1968
The study was undertaken to assess instructional problems perceived by special class teachers, the results of which would serve as a basis for the development of materials for use in the statewide in-service training sessions for teachers of the educable mentally retarded conducted by the Iowa Special Education Curriculum Development Center. To…
Descriptors: Curriculum Problems, Educational Problems, Exceptional Child Research, Instructional Materials
Bijou, Sidney W. – 1971
Empirical behavior principles were applied to the development of remedial teaching procedures and materials for retarded and emotionally disturbed students ages 5-8. Students were referred by schools as severe behavior problems or extreme learning disability cases; intelligence ranged from retarded to normal. Research, conducted in two laboratory…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Curriculum Development, Emotional Disturbances
Novotny, Patricia Ann – 1974
Reviewed are research studies and their implications regarding mainstreaming educable mentally retarded (EMR) students. Discussed are studies dealing with topics such as the following: academic changes, learning potential status (stressing the need for individualization), emotional and social adjustment, locus of control (citing the difference…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Individualized Instruction, Locus of Control, Mainstreaming
Steele, Joe M. – 1969
Developed to assess congruence of intent and practice (the teacher's ideal and students' perceived real) in instruction of the gifted in the Illinois program, the Class Activities Questionnaire (CAQ) includes 25 forced choice items evaluating cognitive emphasis, classroom conditions, and student attitudes and reactions. Cognitive items were shown…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Evaluation Methods
Wolf, James M. – 1967
Data were collected from 48 chief administrators of schools enrolling 6,696 visually handicapped children to determine enrollment, disabilities, and services; and from 53 special class teachers in 28 of the schools concerning their 453 retarded blind children. Analysis of data revealed that 25% of the population studied were mentally retarded, 85%…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, Administrators, Admission Criteria
House, Ernest R.; And Others – 1968
Initiated in 1964, the Illnois gifted program provided funds for development of local gifted programs by local districts. General purposes and criteria for individual programs were realized with varying success. Gifted programs increased and were extended to less wealthy and smaller districts; techniques and inservice education spilled over into…
Descriptors: Demography, Educational Innovation, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Research
Semmel, Melvyn I.; And Others – 1967
Flanders' Interaction Analysis, which classifies verbal interaction into 10 categories, was used to compare two groups consisting of seven trainable mentally retarded (TMR) classrooms each. The sample was selected from the extremes of a population of 87 TMR classrooms on the basis of their teachers' high (tending to flexibility and harmony) or low…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication (Thought Transfer), Exceptional Child Research, Interaction
Morse, William C.; And Others – 1964
The study identified themes running through special class programs for the emotionally handicapped, analyzed classroom procedures, and described the teachers' backgrounds, attitudes, and purposes and the students' perceptions of the programs. Initially, 117 public school programs for the emotionally handicapped were located and surveyed by mail;…
Descriptors: Administration, Allied Health Personnel, Classroom Environment, Emotional Disturbances
