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The Effectiveness of Data-Based Instruction by Student Teachers in Classrooms for Pupils with Mild Learning Handicaps.
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Jones, Eric D.; Krouse, James P. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1988
Student teachers (N=21) in elementary classrooms for mildly handicapped learners were randomly assigned to training and supervision in either databased problem-solving instructional approaches or conventional treatments. Teachers in the databased condition had significantly greater effects on reading achievement and off-task behavior control. No…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Differential Effects of Feedback on Preservice Teacher Behavior.
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Hindman, Sara E.; Polsgrove, Lewis – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1988
This study evaluated the relative effectiveness of two forms of performance feedback with 27 college juniors enrolled in a training program for teachers of mildly handicapped students. Computer-based feedback was demonstrated to be more effective than the traditional field note approach in influencing students to alter their teaching behaviors.…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Feedback, Higher Education, Mild Disabilities
A Survey of Training Programs for Teachers of Mildly Handicapped Adolescents.
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Bursuck, William D.; Epstein, Michael H. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1986
A survey of 160 teacher education programs and state certification departments in all 50 states showed a continuing trend for states to establish separate certificates for elementary and secondary level special education teachers along with significant differences in college/university training programs in states that require separate secondary…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mild Disabilities, National Surveys, Secondary Education
A National Survey of Certification Requirements for Teachers of Students with Mild Handicaps: States of Confusion.
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Putnam, M. Lewis; Habanek, Darlene Vanselow – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1993
A national survey of state directors of education concerning the certification requirements for teachers of students with learning disabilities, emotional disturbance, and mild mental retardation found inconsistency in six areas: differing certification levels, differing certification categories, combinations of grade levels and certification…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities, Mild Disabilities, Mild Mental Retardation
Transition Competencies: Perception of Secondary Special Education Teachers.
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Knott, Linda; Asselin, Susan B. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1999
This study surveyed 214 secondary teachers of students with mild disabilities in Virginia concerning their perceptions of level of knowledge, involvement and importance of transition planning, and service-delivery activities. Findings suggest that teachers have gaps in knowledge and involvement in transition planning and service delivery.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship, Knowledge Level, Mild Disabilities
Collaboration Activities and Competencies of Secondary School Special Educators: A National Survey.
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Foley, Regina M.; Mundschenk, Nancy A. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1997
A national survey of 1,000 secondary school special educators servicing students with mild disabilities yielded 407 responses. Results found that the teachers interacted frequently with general and special educators to share information and infrequently with community service providers. They perceived themselves to have an average to above average…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Mild Disabilities, National Surveys, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Burnout among Special Education Teachers in Self-Contained Cross-Categorical Classrooms.
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Nichols, Amy Sloan; Sosnowsky, Frances LaPlante – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2002
This study with 77 special education teachers examined degrees of burnout and number of heterogeneous disability categories, caseload size, and proportion of students with emotional impairments. Only the proportion of emotionally impaired students affected teacher burnout by increasing depersonalization. Burnout was also related to dissatisfaction…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Mild Disabilities, Self Contained Classrooms