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Chelsea B. Pitcher – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This exploratory case study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of Voyager Sopris' Read Well program when implemented as a reading intervention in elementary self-contained special education classrooms. This research expands on previous research investigating the implementation of the Read Well with target populations, including those…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Reading Programs, Intervention, Special Education Teachers
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Jason L. Kester; Leslie Ann Bross – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a technology-based self-monitoring application, I-Connect, to enhance the on-task behavior of five secondary students (ages 15-16) with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and specific learning disability during Biology instruction in a rural special education classroom. We…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability, Learning Disabilities
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Kuronja, Maja; Cagran, Branka; Krajnc, Majda Schmidt – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2019
This study investigates primary school teachers' sense of efficacy in their work with pupils with learning, emotional, and behavioural difficulties (LEBD), both in mainstream inclusive classrooms and in special classrooms for pupils in residential treatment institutions. Using an online questionnaire survey, data were collected on teachers'…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Self Efficacy, Teacher Student Relationship
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Charalambous, Theodora; Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi; Giannikas, Christina Nicole – Research-publishing.net, 2021
Students with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in universities are a challenging issue of much concern. University students often need to attend English for Academic Purposes (EAP) classes to complete their studies, as it is necessary for their academic progress. According to Gathercole, Alloway, Willis, and Adams (2006), SEN students show low…
Descriptors: College Students, Special Needs Students, English for Academic Purposes, Short Term Memory
Alturki, Nada – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of using group story-mapping on ESL students with a learning disability in reading comprehension. The researcher focused on a specific graphic organizer in this study, called Group Story-Mapping. This strategy required students with learning disabilities involving reading comprehension to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension
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Tkachyk, Ruth Elizabeth – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2013
Educating students with special needs in inclusive settings has become a priority for westernized governments as they strive to create more inclusive societies. While recognizing the societal benefits of inclusion, teachers and parents question whether or not implementation of full inclusion will come at the expense of learners' individual…
Descriptors: Special Needs Students, Secondary School Students, Inclusion, Learning Disabilities
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Barrocas, Lisa; Cramer, Elizabeth D. – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2014
This study examined achievement gains in reading and math for Hispanic middle school students with specific learning disabilities in inclusive versus segregated settings in a large urban school district. The authors report learning gains for students with and without disabilities in inclusive versus segregated settings. Results indicate no…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Middle School Students, Learning Disabilities, Student Placement
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Maccini, Paula; Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; Mulcahy, Candace; Wright, Kenneth – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2013
Students served in alternative and segregated settings tend to receive educational services that are not on par with their public school peers. To develop a better understanding of the problem, the authors conducted a national study of secondary psychiatric schools in the United States. Specifically, the authors administered a survey to…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Delivery Systems, Special Schools, Special Classes
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Kikas, Eve; Mannamaa, Mairi; Kumari, Vaike; Ulst, Triin – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2008
The relationships among verbal skills of primary school students with learning disabilities and a typically developing comparison group were studied and compared with written tasks carried out in Estonian classrooms. Word defining, categorising/justifying, guessing, and memorising tasks were used. The participants were 251 students in Grades 2-4;…
Descriptors: Special Schools, Guessing (Tests), Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Students
Phipps, Patricia M. – Academic Therapy, 1984
Representative reactions from eight regular class teachers regarding visits to special education classes for learning disabled students are presented. Reactions stressed the student's need for approval, the success of high expectations and realistic goals, and admiration for the work of the special education teacher. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Special Classes, Special Education, Teacher Attitudes
Corrigan, Sandra M.; Gilbert, Gail F. – 1976
Compared was the academic performance in the third grade of 75 children who had participated in the Complete Communication Development Program, a learning disabilities kindergarten, with the performance of 75 children in regular kindergartens. Stanford Achievement Test scores indicated that the Ss in the special class performed significantly lower…
Descriptors: Intervention, Kindergarten, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming
Bucks County Public Schools, Doylestown, PA. – 1971
The report describes the operation of various programs and parts of programs for the learning disabled (minimally brain damaged) child in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Covered are student characteristics, special class services available, supportive services (psychiatric, language development, vision, and sensory-motor activity services), and…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Program Descriptions, School Districts
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Ritter, David R. – Journal of School Psychology, 1978
Elementary-age children (Nequals20) diagnosed as learning disabled were assessed. It was concluded that regular classroom instruction alone may be insufficient for mainstreamed children with learning disabilities and that supplemental programming seems necessary if prior rates of academic learning are to be maintained. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Persons, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming
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Cruickshank, William M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1977
The guest editorial by W. Cruickshank criticizes as facile the assumption that the least restrictive environment for learning disabled children is a regular classroom. (GW)
Descriptors: Editorials, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Special Classes
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Bersoff, Donald N.; And Others – Journal of School Psychology, 1972
Children labeled neurologically handicapped subsequent to psychological and medical evaluation were exposed to treatments: (1) placement in a self-contained classroom; (2) retention in a regular class with help from tutors; (3) retention in a regular class with no extra help. Effects on academic achievement and visual-motor functioning showed no…
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Neurological Impairments
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