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Natasha Leigh Bailey – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Secondary public education for students with severe disabilities offers some of the last opportunities for improved social/behavioral skills, activities of daily living, and cognitive/academic instruction. The problem is that thorough descriptions of self-contained classroom ecology and teachers' use of evidence-based strategies are limited.…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Students with Disabilities, Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers
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Kurth, Jennifer A.; Born, Kiara; Love, Hailey – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2016
This study investigated educational experiences for students with significant cognitive disability (SCD) taught in self-contained high school classrooms. Nineteen students and nine teachers across five high schools and four school districts participated. A time-sampling method was used to describe the ecological, teacher, and student behaviors of…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Self Contained Classrooms, High Schools, Student Behavior
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Kurth, Jennifer – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This study investigated practices in self-contained high school classrooms serving students with significant cognitive disability (SCD). Nineteen students and nine teachers across five high schools participated. A time-sampling method was used to describe the ecological, teacher, and student behaviors of these classrooms. Field notes were…
Descriptors: Self Contained Classrooms, High School Students, Severe Intellectual Disability, High School Teachers
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Blood, Erika – Behavioral Disorders, 2010
This study investigated the use of a student response system (SRS) on the participation, classroom behavior, and academic achievement of students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD). The purpose of this research was to determine if using an SRS, in place of typical classroom methods of student response, would generate increases in…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Reaction, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
Pilot, Grover Cleve – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Our nation's K-12 schools are faced with numerous critical challenges that affect student achievement and consequently impact society. Key challenges, such as elevating academic achievement, meeting state and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) standards, high dropout rates, at-risk students, parental involvement, and the recruitment and retention of…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, High School Students, Dropout Prevention
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Rose, Chad Allen; Espelage, Dorothy Lynn; Monda-Amaya, Lisa E. – Educational Psychology, 2009
Bullying and victimisation remains a pervasive problem within the nation's schools. International research has indicated that students who are enrolled in special education curricula are victimised and perpetrate more bullying than their general education peers. Few empirical studies have examined bullying and victimisation rates among American…
Descriptors: General Education, Bullying, Disabilities, Self Contained Classrooms