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Lowden, Gordon – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1984
Results of interviews, attitude scales, questionnaires, and school record reviews revealed that teachers (N=120) generally approved of the principle of integration of slow learners while viewing the practice as impractical and sometimes undesirable. Students were not particularly antagonistic to slow learners, and parents were generally satisfied…
Descriptors: Mainstreaming, Parent Attitudes, Slow Learners, Student Attitudes
Tate, Nicholas – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1979
Suggestions are made for teaching history to slow-learning students. The importance of developing a sense of time and of stimulating imagination is discussed, and three examples of history activities are provided. (CL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Handicapped Children, History, History Instruction
Atkinson, Eric – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1984
A followup of 42 disabled men 30 years after they left a a special school in Britain is described in terms of reading ability, employment, earnings, economic status, offspring, homes, law conformity, and social participation. Characteristics of the three most and least successful Ss are contrasted. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Employment, Followup Studies, Mild Mental Retardation
Evans, Tom – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1976
Discussed are the advantages of a comprehensive school in Great Britain, in which slow learners are integrated into regular classes. (IM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming, Mental Retardation
Laing, Alice F. – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1975
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Relationship, Self Concept
Ward, David – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1976
Described is the Music for Slow Learners Project in Great Britain which was designed to examine the special contribution music can make to the education of slow learning children. (IM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Foreign Countries, Handicapped Children
Berrill, Renee – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1975
Tape recorded instructions combined with concrete materials were used to teach basic mathematics and shape concepts to a total of 42 mentally handicapped slow learners (8-to 15-years-old) in a 3 special British schools. (LH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials
Lawes, Geoffrey – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1974
Descriptors: Banking, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Foreign Countries
