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Erin Kaplan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The Individuals with Disability Act of 2004 states students must be serviced in their least restrictive environment. However, educators see more and more students being provided their instruction in resource rooms, with little evidence that the students are making more progress in a more restrictive environment. This study examined the…
Descriptors: Special Education, Student Placement, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Education
Al-Zoubi, Suhail Mahmoud – Online Submission, 2016
The aim of this study was to identify the obstacles facing learning disabilities resource room (LDRR). The sample of the study consisted of 42 teachers working in learning disabilities resource room (LDRR) at Najran in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A questionnaire was developed and distributed to the sample of the study. The results indicated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming, Barriers, Learning Disabilities
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McLeskey, James; Landers, Eric; Hoppey, David; Williamson, Pamela – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2011
This study was conducted to examine changes in the identification rates and national and state placement practices for school age students with learning disabilities (LD) between 1990-1991 and 2008-2009. Findings revealed that while identification rates of students with LD declined by about 4 percent during this time, general education placements…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Inclusion, Mainstreaming
Herriott, Tavita S. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a difference in students' standardized test scores based on the instructional model their teachers used. One group of students was served under a pullout instructional model. The other was served under an inclusive model. It is not known whether or not the pullout instructional model or the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Test Results, Learning Disabilities, Standardized Tests
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Roddy, Eugene A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1984
A special education administrator raises questions about separating learning-disabled students from the regular education classroom for specialized instruction, proposes strategies to accommodate learning difference and address specific learning needs in the regular instructional program, and suggests the need to reevaluate the benefits derived…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming
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Sclater, Keith – Journal for Special Educators, 1980
The Immediate Reinforcement and Remediation (IRR) method is advocated as a systematic approach to aid in the success of mainstreamed elementary slow learning and learning disabled students. IRR allows the resource room teacher to followup on identified critical lessons using different materials and aids. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Reinforcement
Kendall, William S. – 1983
The extent to which three groups of learning disabled (LD) adolescents differed in language was examined. Ss were 30 LD students enrolled in secondary special classes, 30 LD students in secondary special classes, and 30 LD students integrated in regular secondary classes who received additional support beyond that ordinarily provided in regular…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Resource Room Programs
Thurlow, Martha L.; And Others – 1982
Sixteen elementary students were observed systematically over 2 entire school days to examine the nature of instruction and academic responding times for elementary learning disabled (LD) students during resource room and mainstream classroom instruction. Data were recorded on six categories in 10 second intervals. Results indicated that in the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Resource Room Programs
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Richey, D. Dean; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
Comparison of data from the two studies indicates that while in the regular classroom the learning disabled (LD) student may be getting mixed messages about what is or is not accepted, and may be unsure of what is the most appropriate learning style within the regular classroom. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
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Yauman, Beth E. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1980
The study investigated the relatonship between degree or extent of special education participation and measured self-concept with 45 third-grade male students divided into three groups (students in self-contained LD classes, students provided individual tutoring, and a control group of students from regular classes). (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Males
Goodman, Gay; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1989
A buddy system was used to help reintegrate pairs of learning-disabled students into regular classroom programs. Students were taught to observe, monitor, and reinforce appropriate behavior of their "buddies." Following implementation in the resource room, the program was extended to the regular class placement. (DB)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Elementary Education, Helping Relationship, Learning Disabilities
Mosby, Robert J., Ed. – 1977
Described is an interdisciplinary mainstreaming program for individualizing instruction for secondary learning disabled students, utilizing resource facilities in grades 7-9 in eight separate centers throughout Franklin County, Missouri. Aspects of this program--such as the developmental and by-pass strategies of instruction employed to help…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Program Descriptions
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Ito, H. Richard – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
The resource room intervention was effective for increasing reading rates of LD children but the increased rates did not appear to be maintained in the regular classrooms. The group with the shortest stay in the resource room made significantly greater rate gains during treatment and continued during follow-up to learn at a higher rate. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies, Learning Disabilities
Ito, H. Richard – Academic Therapy, 1981
The increased learning rates made by 62 learning disabled elementary students during part time placement in resource rooms were not maintained at the same level after a year of full time attendance in regular classrooms. (CL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies
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Jenkins, Joseph R.; Heinen, Amy – Exceptional Children, 1989
The study assessed elementary students' (N=680) preferences concerning special instruction for learning difficulties. Results of student interviews indicated children's preferences for in-class and pull-out services were affected by the service delivery model they experienced though most children preferred to receive additional help from their…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Interviews, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming
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