The 1964–1968 Presidential Scholars: A Follow-up StudyExceptional Children - Tập 48 Số 2 - Trang 164-169 - 1981
Felice Kaufmann
The purpose of this study was to examine the current status and relevant history of the 1964–1968 Presidential Scholars, who were chosen on the basis of outstanding scores on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, the recommendation of school officials, and an autobiographical statement. A total of 172 males and 150 females responded to a 41-item questionnaire. The results indica...... hiện toàn bộ
Disproportionality in Special Education: Effects of Individual and School Variables on Disability RiskExceptional Children - Tập 79 Số 4 - Trang 475-494 - 2013
Amanda Sullivan, Aydın Bal
We examined the risk of disability identification associated with individual and school variables. The sample included 18,000 students in 39 schools of an urban K-12 school system. Descriptive analysis showed racial minority risk varied across 7 disability categories, with males and students from low-income backgrounds at highest risk in most disability categories. Multilevel analyses sho...... hiện toàn bộ
Is There a Bidirectional Relationship between Children's Reading Skills and Reading Motivation?Exceptional Children - Tập 73 Số 2 - Trang 165-183 - 2007
Paul L. Morgan, Douglas Fuchs
Young children who enjoy reading do it more often and they tend to become skilled at it. Poor readers, by contrast, often display low motivation to read. One possible explanation of this is that reading skill and reading motivation influence each other. 15 studies were reviewed addressing the relationship between young children's reading and competency beliefs or goal orientations. Result...... hiện toàn bộ
Teacher Perceptions of Mainstreaming/Inclusion, 1958–1995: A Research SynthesisExceptional Children - Tập 63 Số 1 - Trang 59-74 - 1996
Thomas E. Scruggs, Margo A. Mastropieri
Twenty-eight investigations were identified in which general education teachers were surveyed regarding their perceptions of including students with disabilities in their classes. Research synthesis procedures were employed to summarize responses and examine the consistency of responses across time, geographical location, and item type. Overall, we found that about two thirds of general c...... hiện toàn bộ
Transition Services for Secondary Students with Mild Disabilities: A Statewide PerspectiveExceptional Children - Tập 53 Số 6 - Trang 507-514 - 1987
Michael R. Benz, Andrew S. Halpern
This article reports the partial findings from a statewide study of Oregon's secondary special education programs for students with mild disabilities. The focus of this article is on the current status and satisfactoriness of districts' transition services. Subjects included the population of LEA administrators and teachers, and a stratified random sample of parents of students with mild ...... hiện toàn bộ
Psychoeducational Testing: Turn Out the Lights, the Party's overExceptional Children - Tập 52 Số 3 - Trang 288-299 - 1985
James E. Galagan
There is growing controversy and dissatisfaction surrounding the pervasive use of psychoeducational testing in special education evaluation and placement. Validity, reliability, cultural bias, and the fostering of a dual system of education—regular and special—are all deficits of this testing, especially in light of the regulations of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. This a...... hiện toàn bộ
Effect of Stimulant Medication on Children with Attention Deficit Disorder: A “Review of Reviews”Exceptional Children - Tập 60 Số 2 - Trang 154-162 - 1993
James M. Swanson, Keith McBurnett, Tim Wigal, Linda J. Pfiffner, Marc Lerner, Lillie Williams, Diane L. Christian, Leanne Tamm, Erik G. Willcutt, Kenton Crowley, Walter Clevenger, Nader Khouzam, Christina M. Woo, Francis M. Crinella, Todd D. Fisher
The University of California, Irvine ADD Center recently conducted a synthesis of the literature on the use of stimulants with children with attention deficit disorder (ADD), using a unique “review of reviews” methodology. In this article, we compare three reviews from each of three review types (traditional, meta-analytic, general audience) and illustrate how coding variables can highlig...... hiện toàn bộ
Intellectual, Academic, and Behavioral Functioning of Students with High-Incidence Disabilities: A Cross-Categorical Meta-AnalysisExceptional Children - Tập 72 Số 1 - Trang 47-63 - 2005
Edward J. Sabornie, Douglas Cullinan, Susan S. Osborne, Lynne B. Brock
A meta-analysis of 58 studies was performed in which IQ, academic achievement, and behavior characteristics were examined across students with learning disabilities (LD), mild intellectual disabilities (MID), and emotional/behavioral disabilities (E/BD). The effect sizes between students with LD and MID were the largest in the domains of IQ and academic achievement, and the differences in...... hiện toàn bộ