We tested the effect of a Rotated Protocol Immersion package on the emergence of observing responses as prerequisites for more complex verbal developmental capabilities. Three elementary aged students between the ages of 6 and 7 participated. They were diagnosed with autism spectrum disabilities. The treatment condition consisted of total…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of using picture activity schedule books to increase on-schedule and on-task behaviors of children with moderate intellectual disabilities. Four students enrolled in a self-contained classroom participated in the study. Graduated guidance, system of least prompts, and verbal prompting…

Three studies conducted by the Environment for Teaching Program of the Stanford Center for Research and Development in Teaching are reported. (BB)

States open education results from an educational philosophy (not spatial manipulation), whereby the whole child may be developed mentally, emotionally, and socially. Suggests inherent advantages of the self-contained classroom provide a viable environment for open education. (AH)

A qualitative case study design was used to investigate the extent that special education program serves the student or serves the organization. If special education serves the student, then a researcher should be able to identify resulting agency and emancipation among the students. However, if special education is serving the organization, then…

This study tested a classwide peer tutoring model using rule-governed responding to teach tutors to accurately present learn units during social studies instruction using a multiple baseline across participants with pre and post intervention probes. Three students, aged 8 to 10, in a self-contained 3rd/4th grade CABAS[R] classroom participated in…

Seeking information about preconceived notions of the educational needs of children who are gifted, we asked 285 undergraduates in prerequisite classes for teacher education to complete questionnaires. Topics addressed included the need for special services for children who are gifted, perceptions of forms of service delivery in elementary…

EXPLORED ARE TEACHING AND LEARNING RELATIONSHIPS OR FORMS OF CLASSROOM INTERACTION IN THE TEAM TEACHING ARRANGEMENT, AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THESE AND TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM INTERACTION WITH RESPECT TO STUDENT ADJUSTMENT AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO IMPROVE THE SOPHISTICATION OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS. A 2-YEAR TEAM…

Concerns itself with improving the organizational pattern of the self-contained classroom as it relates to the time structure of the daily and weekly schedule.

From his knowledge of the brain and learning, the author argues that Horace Mann's classroom system is the core cause for the outdated state of public education and attendant problems. He asserts that the conventional classroom is brain-antagonistic and the continued use of graded classrooms, ruinous. (Author/WD)

The author cites advantages of separate classes for gifted students, suggesting that they should be protected from teachers who do not understand them and school environments with which they are bored. (CL)

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, per Section 162.1136 RSMo, conducts an annual study of the educational status of eligible blind/visually impaired students and reports the findings to the Missouri Legislature on December 1st each year. The information contained in this report pertains to the twelve data elements…

THIS BULLETIN CONSISTS OF 32 ABSTRACTS WHICH ARE CONCERNED WITH THE RELATIVE MERITS OF UNGRADED AND SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ABSTRACTED DOCUMENTS INCLUDE THOSE WHICH ARE (1) STATEMENTS OF PROFESSIONAL OPINION, (2) SURVEYS OF PROFESSIONAL OPINION, (3) REVIEWS OF GENERAL TRENDS OR OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, AND (4)…

Individually prescribed instruction (IPI) tapes were used for review, remedial instruction, and individual drill in a shorthand lab. (JS)