Exceptional Children articles from March 2009

Exceptional Children archives from March 2009

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March 22, 2009... I am especially pleased to publish this special issue of Exceptional Children edited by Bryan Cook, Melody Tankersley and Timothy Landrum. It is the second special issue of Exceptional Children to address the topic of evidence-based practice....

Repeated reading interventions for students with learning disabilities: status of the evidence.(Report)
March 22, 2009... Learning to read remains a hallmark skill that essentially defines the degree of success students can achieve academically throughout their school career. For students who learn to read early and well, the occasion is set for them to flourish...

Evaluating the evidence base for cognitive strategy instruction and mathematical problem solving.(Report)
March 22, 2009... Cognitive strategy instruction focuses on teaching youngsters a range of cognitive and metacognitive processes, strategies, or mental activities to facilitate learning and improve performance. These strategies may be relatively simple or...

Teaching writing to at-risk students: the quality of evidence for self-regulated strategy development.(Report)
March 22, 2009... More than any other academic domain, writing offers students the opportunity to both express their feelings and opinions on a particular topic as well as demonstrate their knowledge of specific content. Becoming an effective writer involves...

An examination of the evidence base for function-based interventions for students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders attending middle and high schools.(Report)
March 22, 2009... Students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders (EBD) represent between 2% and 20% of the school-age population and are among some of the most challenging students to teach (Walker, Ramsey, & Gresham, 2004). By definition, students with EBD...

Using time delay to teach literacy to students with severe developmental disabilities.(Report)
March 22, 2009... The importance of using scientific data to develop educational practices for students with severe disabilities has been advocated for over 2 decades (Haring, 1996; Kaiser, 1990; Noonan & Reese, 1984). When the National Research Council's...

Determining evidence-based practices in special education.(Report)
March 22, 2009... Such forces as the standards-based education movement, the mandated participation of students with disabilities in state proficiency testing, inclusion, and the recognition that many students with disabilities are capable of higher levels of...