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ERIC Number: EJ469768
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
Teacher Efficacy and Bias in Special Education Referrals.
Podell, David M.; Soodak, Leslie C.
Journal of Educational Research, v86 n4 p247-53 Mar-Apr 1993
This study investigated teachers' sense of efficacy and bias in decisions to refer students to special education. Teachers read a case study (under different conditions with varying student socioeconomic status and etiology of learning program) then judged student placement. Teachers' decisions were biased by variables unrelated to the student's academic difficulties. (SM)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Referral, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Resource Room Programs, Socioeconomic Status, Special Education, Student Placement, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Teacher Efficacy