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Contemporary Special Education Research
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 362

Contemporary Special Education Research

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2000-03-01
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  • Publisher: Routledge

Considerable research in the past 30 years has accumulated regarding the academic and social functioning of youngsters with disabilities. Only in the past decade has there been sufficient special education research published from which meta-analyses and syntheses can be conducted. In this volume, seven sets of authors grapple with synthesizing the knowledge base on an array of critical topics in the field of special education. Among others, specific chapters include: * a synthesis of what is known about effective instructional grouping practices for reading. * an examination of the differences between students classified as learning disabled and other low-achieving students on a range of aca...

Teaching English-language Learners with Learning Difficulties
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 80

Teaching English-language Learners with Learning Difficulties

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1998
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  • Publisher: Unknown

This guide provides practical information for teachers and others working with students who have learning difficulties (such as learning or language disabilities) and for whom English is a second language. Emphasis is on productive instructional strategies and approaches. The book is based on results of focus groups comprised of practicing teachers as well as a review of the research literature on effective instructional practices with English-language learners. Following an introductory chapter, the underlying concepts of "comprehensible input" and "meaningful access to the general curriculum" are explained in the next two chapters. Chapter 4 addresses problems in trying to provide meaningf...

Promoting Learning for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 276

Promoting Learning for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1998
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  • Publisher: Unknown

In this handbook based upon contemporary research, students are shown how to teach children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The special focus of this book is on Hispanic educational issues.

Understanding RTI in Mathematics
  • Language: en

Understanding RTI in Mathematics

Response to intervention, it's already improving reading outcomes in reading classrooms across the country, and this approach can be equally effective for K-12 mathematics instruction. This is the definitive volume on RTI in math: what we know about it; why it works, and how to use it to ensure high-quality math instruction and higher student acheivement. With contributions by all of the U.S.'s leading researchers on RTI and math, this cutting-edge text blends the existing evidence base with practical guidelines for RTI implementation. Current and future RTI coordinators, curriculum developers, math specialists, and department heads will get the best, most up-to-date guidance on key facets o...

Parents' Education as Autism Therapists
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 180

Parents' Education as Autism Therapists

Clear, focused, and practical, this book is a useful introduction to ABA for parents and professionals working with children with autism. Successful child rearing is an essential skill for any parent. For most of us this skill is handed down from our own parents and society in general. In real terms this means that rather than relying on any formal instruction to help us, we bring up our children using skills based largely upon common sense and a willingness to do our best. These methods are, by-and-large, successful in everyday situations. However, when it comes to more difficult aspects of developing skills in our children, we need something more dependable than good will. Applied Behaviou...

Direct Instruction
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 136

Direct Instruction

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Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 730

Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities

The first comprehensive quantitative analysis of intervention research in the learning disabilities field, this volume synthesizes the results of 272 scientifically credible group and single-subject studies in an effort to identify what works best for learning disabled children. The book examines pertinent findings on all academic, cognitive, and behavioral domains. Intervention outcomes are evaluated across instructional domains, sample characteristics, intervention parameters, methodological procedures, and article characteristics. Addressing such questions as the merits of inclusion settings and the relative benefits of direct and strategy instruction, Swanson offers timely recommendations for instructional design, assessment, and policy.