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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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Primary Special School Teachers' Knowledge and Beliefs about Supporting Learning in Numeracy
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Moscardini, Lio – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2015
This paper presents findings from a qualitative study of a group of 12 teachers in primary special schools in Scotland for children with moderate learning difficulties. It sets out an analysis of classroom observations and interviews that explored teachers' knowledge and beliefs about teaching and learning in mathematics with children with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualitative Research, Elementary School Teachers, Learning Problems
"I Will Be 'Fighting' Even More for Pupils with SEN": SENCOs' Role Predictions in the Changing English Policy Context
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Pearson, Sue; Mitchell, Rafael; Rapti, Maria – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2015
The Coalition Government's "Green Paper" (DfE 2011) proposes a systemic overhaul of services for pupils with special educational needs in England, with increased parental choice of provision and "sharper accountability" (p. 67) in schools. Deadlines for various stages of this reform have not been met, and its final nature…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Disabilities, Accountability, Parent Participation
Optimising Web Site Designs for People with Learning Disabilities
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Williams, Peter; Hennig, Christian – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2015
Much relevant internet-mediated information is inaccessible to people with learning disabilities because of difficulties in navigating the web. This paper reports on the methods undertaken to determine how information can be optimally presented for this cohort. Qualitative work is outlined where attributes relating to site layout affecting…
Descriptors: Internet, Learning Disabilities, Web Sites, Qualitative Research
Validation of the Wider Outcomes Survey for Teachers (WOST): A Measure for Assessing the Behaviour, Relationships and Exposure to Bullying of Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
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Wigelsworth, Michael; Oldfield, Jeremy; Humphrey, Neil – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2015
The Wider Outcomes Survey for Teachers (WOST) is a teacher informant-report questionnaire developed to aid the assessment of behaviour difficulties, quality of relationships and exposure to bullying among students identified with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). This study examines the psychometric properties of the WOST in a…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Questionnaires, Behavior Problems, Interpersonal Relationship