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ERIC Number: EJ313735
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Staff Ratios and Allocated Instructional Time for Multihandicapped
Snart, Fern; Hillyard, Alex
Exceptional Children, v51 n4 p289-96 Jan 1985
The study compared amount of instructional time in classrooms for severely multiply handicapped children when student/staff ratios ranged from 10:3 to 5:3. Results suggest a point at which instructional and noninstructional time are approximately equal, at a 2:1 student/staff ratio. Thereafter, gains in instructional time become less pronounced. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Disabilities, Severe Disabilities, Severe Mental Retardation, Teacher Student Ratio, Time on Task
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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