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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, 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
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Tankersley, Melody; Niesz, Tricia; Cook, Bryan G.; Woods, Wendy – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
Although a great deal of the recent professional literature in the field of learning disabilities has been devoted to the topic of inclusion, relatively little is known about special education teachers' experiences and how inclusion impacts their professional lives and the lives of students in unanticipated ways. To investigate these issues, we…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Inclusive Schools, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups