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Download full textEiserman, William D.; Osguthorpe, Russell T. – 1986
The second year of a 2-year study on the benefits of using handicapped students to tutor nonhandicapped peers focused on the effects of having all students in a special class tutor simultaneously (the total class tutoring method). Forty intellectually handicapped students (IQs ranging from 50 to 75) tutored 60 nonhandicapped agemates in basic sign…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Interaction Process Analysis
Wolfe, David; Rawlings, Brenda W. – 1986
Postsecondary options for hard of hearing and deaf students are identified, and practical suggestions are offered for students, faculty, and service providers. In addition to providing facts about hearing loss and the effects of age of onset of hearing loss, information is provided on communication methods, special support services, and resources.…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Ancillary School Services, College Students, Deaf Interpreting
Griffin, Gary – 1986
This paper uses research and propositions to argue that staff development funds provided under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation Improvement Act of 1981 be used to integrate understanding of the special needs and prospects of and for Chapter 1 students throughout a school. Rather than isolate staff development opportunities within a Chapter…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Coordination, Disadvantaged
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. for Exceptional Children. – 1988
This handbook provides North Carolina school units with an explanation of service delivery components for academically gifted students and an overview of a variety of program models for gifted education. The program options include the following: enrichment in the classroom with the consultant-teacher, the Triad Model, resource room/pull-out,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Sutaria, Saroj – 1987
The literature review examines the issue of whether categorical differentiation and placement of mentally retarded and learning disabled students is educationally warranted. First, the two conditions are defined; next, a comparison between the two on psychological, behavioral-social, and educational characteristics usually ascribed to children so…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences
Tremaine, Claire D.; And Others – 1976
Three separate studies of gifted Grossmont Union High School District students indicated that: (1) gifted students enrolled in special courses score higher in grade point averages and on SAT tests than gifted students who aren't so enrolled; (2) gifted students enrolled in special courses win significantly more scholarships and honors than gifted…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Exceptional Child Education, Exceptional Child Research
Evans, Ellis D.; Marken, Dan – 1982
The cumulative impact of self contained class placement for 43 gifted students (grades 6 through 8) was assessed and compared to that of 38 gifted students in regular age-grade placement. Ss were compared across multiple goal domains relevant to gifted education (higher order cognitive skills, personal autonomy and responsibility for learning,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Evaluation Methods, Gifted
Bikson, Thomas H.; And Others – 1979
Interactive closed circuit classroom television systems were installed in two special education classrooms to evaluate their impact on learning experiences of severely visually impaired elementary students. During a 3 year experimental period data were collected from approximately 14 students measuring achievement, visual motor integration, visual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Closed Circuit Television, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research
THURSTONE, THELMA GWINN – 1959
AN EVALUATION AND OBJECTIVE COMPARISON WAS MADE BETWEEN THE PROGRESS OF YOUNG MENTAL RETARDATES IN REGULAR CLASSROOMS WITH THE PROGRESS OF PEERS IN SPECIAL CLASSES. THE BASIS OF COMPARISON OF THE TWO TEACHING METHODS INCLUDED MENTAL DEVELOPMENT, PROGRESS IN REGULAR SCHOOL SUBJECTS, ACHIEVEMENT TOWARD OTHER EDUCATIONAL GOALS, SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Class Organization, Comparative Analysis
DEJUNG, JOHN E.; HARING, NORRIS G. – 1962
A SOCIOMETRIC TEST WAS USED TO COMPARE THE SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF MENTAL RETARDATES IN THE GRADE SCHOOL SPECIAL CLASSES AND THE REGULAR CLASSES. MODIFIED SYRACUSE SCALES OF SOCIAL RELATIONS (SSSR) WERE ADMINISTERED IN TEST-RETEST DESIGN TO 400 CHILDREN. AN EXAMINATION WAS MADE OF THE FOUR SPECIAL NEEDS SCALES. CONCLUSIONS DRAWN FROM THE DATA…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Behavior Rating Scales, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students
CAWLEY, JOHN F.; CHASE, DONNA V. – 1966
THIS COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTIVE THINKING IN RETARDED AND NONRETARDED CHILDREN USED DATA FROM A SAMPLE OF 78 PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN DIVIDED INTO THREE GROUPS--(1) MENTALLY RETARDED CHILDREN IN SPECIAL CLASSES, (2) RETARDED CHILDREN IN REGULAR CLASSES, AND (3) NONRETARDED CHILDREN IN REGULAR CLASSES. THE GROUPS WERE SELECTED SO THAT THERE…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Classroom Research, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Bruininks, Robert H.; Rynders, John E. – 1971
Reviewed are research findings on special class placement for educable mentally retarded children and proposed are administrative and curricular alternatives. Research on special class placement is described as inconclusive and relying on untested assumptions. Normalization and individualization are seen as underlying principles in assigning…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Curriculum Design, Exceptional Child Education, Individualized Instruction
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Special Education. – 1970
Information in the guidelines for Kentucky programs for exceptional children includes administration of classroom units and criteria for special classes and programs in the areas of crippled and special health problems, home and hospitalized instruction, trainable and educable mentally handicapped, deaf, hard of hearing, neurologically impaired,…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
North Dakota State Dept. of Public Instruction, Bismarck. – 1968
The North Dakota Century Code dealing with special education of exceptional children is provided; duties of the county superintendent of schools and functions of the special education board are listed. Estimated needs are presented and steps in planning are detailed, from determining need for various handicapping conditions to arranging programs…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Advisory Committees, County School Districts, Educational Finance
Hargroves, Jeannette – 1974
The purpose of this study was to begin to seek new ways of measuring some of the previously uninvestigated areas in which Project Follow Through might be having an impact. In particular, the rates of promotion in school, assignment to special education classes, and assignment to low ability groups were investigated. The following three hypotheses…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
