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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Teaching Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders to Self-Advocate through Persuasive Writing
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Cuenca-Sanchez, Yojanna; Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E.; Kidd, Julie K. – Exceptionality, 2012
We examined the effectiveness of the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) model of writing instruction with a self-determination training component for middle school-age students with emotional and behavioral disorders. We randomly assigned students to experimental or comparison treatments during which special education teachers provided the…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Writing Skills, Experimental Groups, Self Efficacy
Curriculum Enhancements in Inclusive Secondary Social Studies Classrooms
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Marshak, Lisa; Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E. – Exceptionality, 2011
This investigation compared the use of traditional instruction with that of classwide peer tutoring using materials containing embedded mnemonic strategies to provide strategic information and supplemental practice of important content. Eight inclusive seventh grade social studies classes with 186 students, of whom 42 were classified with mild…
Descriptors: Mild Disabilities, Grade 7, Instructional Effectiveness, Mnemonics
Science Learning in Special Education: The Case for Constructed versus Instructed Learning
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Exceptionality, 2007
Throughout the history of education, debate has existed between the relative merits of instructed versus constructed knowledge. In this article, we review our program of research in science education for students with disabilities in order to reveal some insights into this debate. We review research in science curriculum, mnemonic strategies,…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational History, Science Curriculum, Peer Teaching
How To Summarize Single-Participant Research: Ideas and Applications.
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Exceptionality, 2001
Discussion of the need for systematic methods for summarizing single-participant research describes various approaches for quantitative synthesis and reviews conclusions of completed synthesis efforts. The issue of whether outcomes of single-participant research can be represented by a single common metric is addressed with the recommendation that…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Meta Analysis
Reflections on "Promoting Thinking Skills of Students with Learning Disabilities: Effects on Recall and Comprehension of Expository Prose."
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Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E. – Exceptionality, 1996
This discussion of fostering recall and developing reasoning processes in students with mild disabilities considers the role of mnemonic strategies, similarities between mnemonic strategies and elaborative interrogation to facilitate information retrieval, constructivism and elaborative interrogation, and such problems as generalization and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization
Scientific Reasoning of Students with Mild Mental Retardation: Investigating Preconceptions and Conceptual Change.
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; And Others – Exceptionality, 1995
Scientific reasoning of four elementary age students with mild mental retardation was investigated using structured interviews during tasks involving properties of air and electricity. Discourse analysis was employed to describe students' preconceptions about the natural world and how those preconceptions might be influenced by empirical evidence.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Restructuring, Concept Formation
Reflections on "Scientific Reasoning of Students with Mild Mental Retardation: Investigating Preconceptions and Conceptual Change."
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Exceptionality, 1995
Perspectives that underlie a study of scientific reasoning of elementary students with mild mental retardation (EC 612 096) are provided. Epistemological issues that appear to shape knowledge of special education are addressed, specifically "constructivism" versus "behaviorism" and the relative worth of "constructed" versus "instructed" knowledge.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Restructuring