Exceptional Children articles from March 1998

Exceptional Children archives from March 1998

Self-Regulated Strategy Development and the writing process: effects on essay writing and attributions.
March 22, 1998... Most students with learning disabilities (LD) experience difficulty with the writing process (cf. Englert et al., 1991; Nodine, Barenbaum, & Newcomer, 1985). Their general approach to composing minimizes the role of planning, effort, and...

Family outcomes in early intervention: a framework for program evaluation and efficacy research.
March 22, 1998... Most evaluations of the effectiveness of early intervention have focused on outcomes for children (Bryant & Maxwell, 1997; Spiker & Hopmann, 1997). Child outcomes are an appropriate focus of efficacy research, since concerns about the child's...

American Sign Language as a pathway to linguistic competence.
March 22, 1998... The search for the most effective way to educate deaf students in America has a history of conflict among advocates of different approaches. For example, the period between the 1860s and the 1960s has been referred to as the "Hundred Years...

Comparing instructional contexts of students with and without severe disabilities in general education classrooms.
March 22, 1998... It is generally acknowledged that students with severe disabilities have different instructional objectives and need more intensive instructional supports than their peers without disabilities when they are educated in general education...

Why we can't say much about students with disabilities during education reform.
March 22, 1998... "School reform has riveted national attention on the numbers" (Hanford & White, 1991). Reform initiatives throughout the entire educational system have shifted the focus toward outcomes and quantifiable data. With increasing frequency, the...

Increasing regulatory flexibility of special education programs: problems and promising strategies.
March 22, 1998... Current national school improvement strategies evident in recent federal and state legislation have three major prongs. The first two, challenging standards and assessments, create the overall framework for systemic reform. The third element,...

Legal considerations in providing special education services in parochial schools.
March 22, 1998... Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to assure that all students with disabilities were provided with a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment. (The law was originally titled...

The effects of an inclusive school program on students with mild and severe learning disabilities.
March 22, 1998... For over 25 years, research reviews and position statements (Cegelka & Tyler, 1970; Dunn, 1968; Epps & Tindal, 1987; Madden & Slavin, 1983; Stainback & Stainback, 1984; Will, 1986) have appeared in professional literature calling for the...

Who are we assessing? Determining state-wide participation rates for students with disabilities.
March 22, 1998... There are numerous complex issues surrounding testing students with disabilities in large-scale assessment programs. Most states identify between 9.5% to 12% of their students as receiving special education services and the majority of...