NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 153 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Bree Jimenez; Jenny Root; Jordan Shurr; Emily C. Bouck – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2024
Teaching requires attention to individual student needs by providing both adequate challenge and sufficient support to help students successfully gain academic skills (Shurr et al., 2019). The learning stages framework divides typical learning into four distinct stages: acquisition, fluency, maintenance, and generalization (Collins, 2012; Haring…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Student Evaluation, Goal Orientation, Mathematics Instruction
Regan, Kelley; Evmenova, Anya S.; Hutchison, Amy; Day, Jamie; Stephens, Madelyn; Verbiest, Courtney; Gafurov, Boris – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2022
The process of analyzing student data to determine an appropriate instructional decision is crucial for student academic growth. This article details how teachers can make data-driven decisions to carefully design writing instruction. Steps are presented for teachers to follow throughout the data driven decision-making process in order to meet…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Decision Making, Essays, Data Analysis
McConomy, M. Addie; Root, Jenny; Wade, Taryn – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2022
Task analysis is an evidence-based practice that promotes independence and instruction in inclusive settings. Although task analysis has an extensive history in the field of special education, recent research extends the application to both teachers and students, a pro-active approach, and promotes self-monitoring. When students with extensive…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Inclusion, Special Needs Students, Student Evaluation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Gibbs, Anna S.; Reed, Deborah K. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
Delays in oral language development in early childhood can be an indicator for later reading disabilities and affect students' overall school success through high school. Fortunately, there are research-based approaches to help young students at risk for reading disabilities make long-term improvements in their vocabulary development skills. This…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Reading Difficulties, Story Reading, Reading Aloud to Others
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Flanagan, Sara; Morgan, Joseph John – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
Supporting all students, including those with HIDs (e.g., learning disabilities, mild intellectual disabilities, emotional-behavioral disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder), in the classroom while meeting their unique learning needs can be complex for educators. Students with HIDs often experience difficulties completing…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Online Courses, Students with Disabilities, Student Needs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
O'Neil, Kason; Olson, LeAnn – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
In addition to psychomotor and cognitive learning, social development is one of the three pillars of the national standards for physical education instruction. Though a plethora of research has exhibited the benefits social inclusion can have for students with and without disabilities, inclusion cannot be successful unless physical educators are…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, Physical Education, Peer Acceptance
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Anderson, Alida; Valero, Liora – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
The reading and writing challenges that students with learning disabilities (LD) face in academic classroom settings, such as social studies classrooms, are ever present because students are expected to read, understand, and use text-based language that they cannot access due to text-reading difficulties. Visual, performing or drama, music, and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Social Development, Emotional Development, Students with Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Goran, Lisa; Harkins Monaco, Elizabeth A.; Yell, Mitchell L.; Shriner, Jim; Bateman, David – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
The primary message of the Supreme Court's ruling in "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District" (hereinafter "Endrew F.," 2017) was that school districts are obligated to "offer an IEP [individualized education program] that is reasonably calculated to enable the child to make progress appropriate in light of the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Academic Achievement, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2017
In fall 2014, the Council for Exceptional Children's (CEC) Board of Directors approved a proposal from the Professional Standards and Practice Committee (PSPC) to develop a set of high-leverage practices (HLPs) for special education teachers. The CEEDAR Center at the University of Florida, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Best Practices, Teacher Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rowe, Dawn A.; Mazzotti, Valerie L.; Hirano, Kara; Alverson, Charlotte Y. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2015
As a result of the demanding 21st-century workforce, local education agencies are beginning to refocus and retool to ensure students with disabilities have the knowledge and skills to be productive adults and attain positive postschool outcomes. The skills 21st-century transition assessments address are relevant to teachers and students given the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Skill Development, Readiness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cannella-Malone, Helen I.; Konrad, Moira; Pennington, Robert C. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2015
The purpose of this article is to provide teachers with tools that they can use to teach written expression to school-age students with intellectual disabilities. These tools are presented around the mnemonic ACCESS: accommodations and assistive technologies, concrete topics, critical skills, explicit instruction, strategy instruction, systematic…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rambo-Hernandez, Karen E.; Warne, Russell T. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2015
Out-of-level testing is an underused strategy for addressing the needs of students who score in the extremes, and when used wisely, it could provide educators with a much more accurate picture of what students know. Out-of-level testing has been shown to be an effective assessment strategy with high-achieving students; however, out-of-level…
Descriptors: Testing, Student Evaluation, High Achievement, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Johnsen, Susan K.; Parker, Sonia L.; Farah, Yara N. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2015
Response to intervention (RTI) was included in the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), specifically as part of an assessment process to determine if a child has a disability. Although IDEA's focus is on students with disabilities, 10 states have developed policies that attend to students with gifts and…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Academically Gifted, Student Needs, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Powell, Sarah R.; Stecker, Pamela M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2014
This article describes data-based individualization (DBI) as a continuous process connecting assessment and intervention in mathematics for students with disabilities. DBI provides teachers with an evidence-based method for individualizing interventions for students who do not demonstrate adequate response. Assessment data gathered through the use…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Intervention, Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Cornelius, Kyena E. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2013
Special educators are required to collect data on student progress and use it as formative data to inform instructional decisions. Being told to collect student data without being shown how to effectively and efficiently collect it, may cause teachers to become overwhelmed. This article provides three easy-to-use templates to facilitate quick data…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Special Education, Eligibility, Individualized Education Programs
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  9  |  10  |  11