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Palmer, Jessica; Boon, Richard T.; Spencer, Vicky G. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2014
The present investigation replicates and extends an earlier study comparing 2 conditions, a dictionary approach versus a concept mapping model, on the learning of vocabulary words among 4 students with mild disabilities (i.e., emotional and/or behavioral disorders and other health impairments) attending a middle school. An A-B-A-B design was used…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Concept Mapping, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development
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Hudson, Pamela J.; Shupe, Marcia; Vasquez, Eleazazr; Miller, Susan P. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2008
Teaching students to collect data to answer questions is an important life skill that will serve them well throughout their adult lives. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe the implementation of an action research project in a fifth grade resource classroom. Students with mild disabilities were taught how to conduct surveys using three…
Descriptors: Action Research, Mild Disabilities, Data Analysis, Grade 5
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Wesson, Caren L.; Deno, Stanley L. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1989
Long-term instructional plans written by 22 resource room teachers for 61 mildly handicapped elementary students indicated that students spend about half their resource room time reading aloud to the teacher (one-to-one) and about one-third of the time working independently. Little instruction unique to individual students is offered. Implications…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Mild Disabilities, Reading Instruction
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Oswald, Lowell K.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1990
Incidental teaching procedures were used to train a 16-year-old mildly handicapped student to use social amenities in a resource classroom. Generalization to another resource room and an art classroom was assessed. Results indicated increased use of social amenities in the training setting and generalization settings. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Generalization, Incidental Learning, Interpersonal Competence, Mild Disabilities
Algozzine, Bob; And Others – 1980
The extent of similarities and differences among educable mentally retarded (EMR), learning disabled (LD), and emotionally disturbed (ED) children was investigated with 75 resource room teachers. Teachers were asked to provide information regarding the children in their classes and some of their program activities; equal numbers of each type of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities, Mild Disabilities
Cheyney, Wendy; Strichart, Stephen S. – Academic Therapy, 1981
A model for resource rooms based on four learning stations (dependent or teacher directed, related activity, peer tutoring, and independent stations) is advocated to provide for behavior management as well as individualized instruction of mildly handicapped students. (CL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction
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Rieth, Herbert; And Others – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1988
This study of the instructional ecology of 52 high school resource room programs for mildly handicapped students found that teachers instructed in a wide variety of content areas and had high student engagement rates. Instructional practices generally associated with high achievement were not typically employed. Implications for teacher training…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness
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Katsiyannis, Antonis; Prillaman, Doug – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
The article offers guidelines for using the regular education mathematics curriculum for students with mild disabilities. Approaches geared toward mildly handicapped adolescents include the parallel alternate curriculum, the resource room model, and the strategies intervention model. Specific teaching suggestions are also recommended as are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
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Englert, Carol Sue; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This study compared the effectiveness of two interventions that differed in the nature of dialogic interactions among teachers and students in reading groups. Teacher-interns (n=35) instructed 109 children with mild disabilities in special education resource rooms. Analyses indicated that the intervention featuring dialog, social interactions, and…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discussion Groups, Elementary Education
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1987
Observations were conducted to document the active academic responding and academic engagement rates of 122 elementary students (30 learning-disabled, 32 emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, 30 mildly mentally retarded, and 30 self-contained programs. Data were recorded in 10-second intervals for each student over an entire school day. During a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1987
Observational data were collected on the instructional tasks used by 122 elementary students (30 learning-disabled, 32 emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, 30 educable mentally retarded, and 30 nonhandicapped). No differences between handicapped and nonhandicapped students were revealed in an analysis of time using each of eight specific tasks…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Meyen, Edward L., Ed.; And Others – 1993
The book contains 19 papers from the journal, "Focus on Exceptional Children," that discuss new perspectives and practices in educating students with mild disabilities. The first half of the book is titled "New Perspectives" and includes the following articles: "Beyond the Regular Education Initiative/Inclusion and the Resource Room Controversy"…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Students
Idol, Lorna – 1993
This book is written primarily for special educators who offer resource and consultation support for students with mild handicaps and students at risk for school failure. Examples of consultation projects implemented and evaluated in the field are used to illustrate principles of effective consultation. Suggestions and guidelines are provided for…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, At Risk Persons, Classroom Techniques, Consultants