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ERIC Number: EJ258022
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981
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Diagnostic Classification Decisions as a Function of Referral Information.
Ysseldyke, James E.; Algozzine, Bob
Journal of Special Education, v15 n4 p429-35 Win 1981
Educational decision makers (N=224) participated in a computer simulated decison making experience designed to ascertain the extent to which referral information biased classification decisions. Ss ignored standardized test information indicative of average performance and retained the stereotype created by the referral information. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Referral, Stereotypes, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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