It is a well-established norm in England that secondary school mathematics is taught in groups categorised by prior attainment. It is therefore worthwhile to report alternative practices of all-attainment teaching--but these are rare. In this article, we report aspects of all-attainment mathematics teaching in a secondary school that has…

The population of U.S. schools has shifted dramatically in the past two decades to include many more linguistically and culturally diverse learners, while the teacher population has remained largely White and monolingual, with limited connections to immigrant communities. Among the many changes diverse learners have brought to U.S. schools is the…

The author's preservice program prepares both single and dual certification master's students to teach in inclusive classrooms. This article provides an overview of the context in which, and for which, the program was designed, a description of the program, including what the author means by inclusive education and critical special education,…

In this study, the authors examine the impact of an English as a second language (ESL) professional development offering designed to meet this challenge: the Modular Design for English Language Learners (MODELL) instruction program. The authors were part of a team of faculty that designed and developed this hybrid professional development program…

In this article, the author explores the theme of inclusion. Inclusion is one of the themes within the recent Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) publication: "Engaging mathematics for all learners" and the author had the good fortune to participate in this project. This involved working with five schools which, frivolously, all had a…

Project PERMIT (Physical Education Resources for Mainstreaming and Inservice Training) uses peer teaching to increase the amount of individual attention of handicapped children in an elementary regular physical education class. (DB)

Describes Sign in Education, a pilot program in the United Kingdom that integrated Deaf children and hearing children in a hearing classroom with a culturally Deaf teacher who taught the national curriculum in British Sign Language one afternoon a week. Explores the advantage to the Deaf community, as well as the majority culture of adopting such…

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…

The final report discusses achievements of Project STRETCH (Strategies for Training Regular Educators to Teach Children with Handicaps), designed to develop 20 one-half hour videotape cassettes and manuals on the needs of mild to moderately handicapped students and methods of maintaining them in the regular classroom. Topics for the videotapes…

The outline of a workshop for teachers on the mainstreaming of handicapped juvenile delinquents is presented. Fourteen true/false statements are listed as the basis for a discussion on effective methods of combating juvenile delinquency. A section on icebreaking techniques presents 23 icebreakers, such as showing a film. The matching questions…

The document presents the final report of the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, which developed and tested instructional techniques in 14 specific mathematics skill areas with 429 handicapped and normal elementary school students in Grace and Soda Springs, Idaho. Skill areas included addition facts; subtraction facts; carrying…

The report describes the development and implementation of a Prince Georges County (Maryland) special education training institute designed to increase elementary school regular classroom teachers' knowledge and skills relating to teaching mildly handicapped children. The training institute was organized into four modules: identification of…

The described inservice teacher education program is designed for elementary school teachers who wish to develop skills in handling hearing impaired students who are mainstreamed into their classroom. The scope and sequencing of program topics is outlined. Activities and resources involved in the program are described. Ordering information for…

Described is the program at Clarkston High School, which promotes independence in aurally handicapped students. Instructional services are noted to fall into several categories: self-contained and resource instruction, totally mainstreamed schedules, and resource-tutorial assistance. The program is also reported to offer the following activities…