Exceptional Children articles from March 1996

Exceptional Children archives from March 1996

Test anxiety in adolescents with learning disabilities and behavior disorders.
March 1, 1996... Test anxiety in children has been associated with depressed academic performance (Bryan, Sonnefeld, & Grabowski, 1983; Guttman, 1987; Plass & Hill, 1986; Zatz & Chassin, 1985) and self-defeating intrapersonal and interpersonal behavior patterns...

Longitudinal postschool outcomes of youth with disabilities: findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study.
March 1, 1996... It has been nearly a decade since the transition from school to work for young adults with disabilities became a major focus of debate among advocates, policymakers, parents, researchers, and practitioners. These 10 years have spawned many...

Word problem-solving by students with and without mild disabilities.
March 1, 1996... During the 1980s and 1990s, many educators and researchers examined the issue of problem-solving among students. Problem-solving includes word problems of varying structures (e.g. Cawley & Parmar, 1994; Riley, Greeno, & Heller, 1983), loosely...

Social relationships of students with exceptionalities in mainstream classrooms: social networks and homophily.
March 1, 1996... Educators generally consider students with disabilities to have social difficulties and problematic peer relations. A large body of research shows that students with disabilities are more likely to have low levels of sociometric status (i.e.,...

Social behaviors of children with visual impairments enrolled in preschool programs.
March 1, 1996... Interactions between children are considered essential for the development of cognitive, language, social, and play skills (Hartup, 1978; Holmberg, 1980). Although preschool programs provide many opportunities for social interactions, a child's...

Educational and occupational aspirations of high school seniors with learning disabilities.
March 1, 1996... Numerous investigations have described the generally disappointing levels of educational and occupational attainment of people with learning disabilities (e.g., Haring, Lovett, & Smith, 1990; Miller, Snider, & Rzonca, 1990; Sitlington, Frank, &...