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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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Using Inquiry-Based Instruction for Teaching Science to Students with Learning Disabilities
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Aydeniz, Mehmet; Cihak, David F.; Graham, Shannon C.; Retinger, Larryn – International Journal of Special Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of inquiry-based science instruction for five elementary students with learning disabilities (LD). Students participated in a series of inquiry-based activities targeting conceptual and application-based understanding of simple electric circuits, conductors and insulators, parallel circuits, and…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Student Attitudes, Science Instruction, Scientific Attitudes
Improving Expository Writing Skills with Explicit and Strategy Instructional Methods in Inclusive Middle School Classrooms
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Cihak, David F.; Castle, Kristin – International Journal of Special Education, 2011
Forty eighth grade students with and without learning disabilities in an inclusive classroom participated in an adapted Step-Up to Writing (Auman, 2002) intervention program. The intervention targeted expository essays and composing topic, detail, transitional, and concluding sentences. A repeated-measures ANOVA indicated that both students with…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Sentences, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
A Preliminary Study: Do Alternative Certification Route Programs Develop the Necessary Skills and Knowledge in Assistive Technology?
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Bell, Sherry Mee; Cihak, David F.; Judge, Sharon – International Journal of Special Education, 2010
A large number of special education teachers in the United States are prepared in alternative certification programs and insufficient empirical information exists regarding their knowledge of assistive technology. The purpose of this study was to conduct a preliminary investigation of alternatively licensed special education teachers' knowledge,…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Special Education Teachers, Assistive Technology, Teacher Characteristics
Improving the Writing Skills of High School Students with Learning Disabilities Using the "Expressive Writing" Program
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Walker, Barbara D.; Shippen, Margaret E.; Houchins, David E.; Cihak, David F. – International Journal of Special Education, 2007
This study investigated the effects of the Direct Instruction writing program, "Expressive Writing" (Engelmann & Silbert, 1983), for high school students with learning disabilities (LD). The study used a multiple probe design across participants and results indicate the effectiveness of "Expressive Writing" in improving the writing skills of high…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Spelling, Learning Disabilities, Expressive Language