Exceptional Children articles from March 1995

Exceptional Children archives from March 1995

Practice and research in special education.
March 1, 1995... ABSTRACT: This article considers possible reasons that research knowledge is not used more extensively in special education practice and suggests issues to be addressed in solving this problem. We contrast research knowledge and practice...

Integrating students with moderate and severe disabilities into general education classes.
March 1, 1995... There rarely seems to be a shortage of recommendations about how to improve our schools (Fullan, 1991). The real task is more complex: to select recommendations that are both needed and efficacious, to initiate the change, and to sustain its...

General educators' specialized adaptation for students with learning disabilities.
March 1, 1995... ABSTRACT: We examined general educators' specialized adaptation for students with learning disabilities (LD). Participants were 40 general educators whose classrooms included at least one student with LD for mathematics instruction. Teachers were...

Adults with learning disabilities: educational and social experiences during college.
March 1, 1995... ABSTRACT: Forty-nine adults with learning disabilities were interviewed about their college experiences. Most of the respondents adjusted well to the demands and complexities of college. Approximately 90% of the participants graduated from...

Predicting employment for students who leave special education high school programs.
March 1, 1995... ABSTRACT: A hierarchical regression analysis featuring 35 community, family, student, and school program characteristics, entered in a controlled order, was used to assess prediction of employment. Results showed that personal characteristics...

A response to "The negative effects of positive reinforcement in teaching children with developmental delays". (response to Biederman, Davey, Ryder, and Franchi, 60, 458-465)(Point Counterpoint)
March 1, 1995... In their article "The Negative Effects of Positive Reinforcement in Teaching Children with Developmental Delay," Biederman, Davey, Ryder, and Franchi (1994) sought to determine "the relative efficiency of hand-over-hand (active) instruction...

Counterpoint: practice versus process - rigidity of reinforcement requirements results in regressive research: a reply to Ward. (Phillip C. Ward, this issue, pp. 489-491)(Point Counterpoint)
March 1, 1995... In this article, we address three issues of concern, in reply to Ward (this issue, pp. 489-491). First, Ward's comments concerning reinforcement were irrelevant to our article; second, his comments concerning the validity of our independent and...

Inclusive education: what do we know and what do we still have to learn?(Point Counterpoint)
March 1, 1995... In "Uses of Instructional Time in Classrooms Serving Students with and Without Severe Disabilities," Hollowood, Salisbury, Rainforth, & Palombaro (this issue) have produced a research study that investigated a timely topic: inclusive education...