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Cook, Bryan G.; Tankersley, Melody; Landrum, Timothy J. – Exceptional Children, 2009
Determining evidence-based practices is a complicated enterprise that requires analyzing the methodological quality and magnitude of the available research supporting specific practices. This article reviews criteria and procedures for identifying what works in the fields of clinical psychology, school psychology, and general education; and it…
Descriptors: Disabilities, School Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Special Education
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Cook, Bryan G.; Tankersley, Melody; Cook, Lysandra; Landrum, Timothy J. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2008
A major tenet of both the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act is the identification and use of evidence-based practices, or those instructional techniques shown by research as most likely to improve student outcomes meaningfully. However, much confusion exists regarding the meaning and potential…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Disabilities, Special Education, Evidence
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Cook, Lysandra; Cook, Bryan G.; Landrum, Timothy J.; Tankersley, Melody – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2008
Using evidence-based practices, or those instructional techniques shown by research to improve student outcomes meaningfully, increases the performance of students with disabilities and should therefore be a priority for special educators. But how does a practice come to be considered evidence based? The unique characteristics of group…
Descriptors: Intervention, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Outcomes of Education
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Cook, Bryan G.; Tankersley, Melody; Harjusola-Webb, Sanna – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2008
There has been an increasing focus on evidence-based practices in special education with efforts underway to authoritatively identify those practices that are evidence based. However, the identification of evidence-based practices is only the beginning of the process of implementing evidence-based special education. The professional wisdom of…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Special Education