Combining classic articles that have been key markers in recent debates with new and influential material, this book addresses the problems involved in educational research and the issues surrounding its contribution to policymaking and practice. The authors examine the diverse approaches within qualitative research and address some of the key…

In an attempt to identify effective instructional approaches, teachers were videotaped while teaching remedial mathematics. Teacher behaviors were coded and student achievement scores analyzed. Eight categories were found which distinguished between effective and ineffective teachers, including: instruction for the whole class simultaneously…

The position statement of the Board of Trustees of the Council for Learning Disabilities opposes the inclusion of nonhandicapped low achievers and underachievers in learning disability programs and recommends that these students be served within the regular education program. (DB)

The relationship between 45 high school students' attitudes and their involvment in peer-tutoring programs for "slow learners" was examined. Results showed that students' attitudes toward tutees were unrelated to peer-tutoring behavior, whereas there was a trend for their attitudes towards their own tutees to predict whether they met with them.…

This article reports a study that compared slow learners' attitudes toward the freedoms described in the Canadian Bill of Rights with those of vocational and academic students. As a group, slow learners in Canada scored significantly below vocational and academic students, and the scores for each group suggested only a slight libertarian bias.…

Using 130 rural, culturally deprived slow learning children, group operant and individual operant techniques were compared in classrooms of normal size. (Editor)

The relationship between high school students' attitudes and their involvement in a peer tutoring program for slow learners was examined, on the basis of M. Fishbein's theory of reasoned action, which suggests that the best predictor of behavior is the individual's intention to perform the behavior and that intentions are functions of attitude and…

GRADES OR AGES: No mention; appears to be for secondary grades. SUBJECT MATTER: Physical sciences for slow learners. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into 11 units, each of which is further subdivided into several chapters. Each chapter is laid out in three columns; column headings are concepts, content, and activities.…

Examined normal (N=34), learning disabled (N=34), and borderline mentally retarded (N=33) children's performance on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC). Results revealed no significant differences between the WISC-R Full Scale IQ and K-ABC Mental Processing Composite…

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…

Attitudes acquired by a child in his early school years influence his later decision to continue schooling or drop out. The Creative Problem Solving Class students are given an opportunity to progress at their own pace. Every creative process is utilized, and a better self-image is the result. (CK)