Mainstreaming Students with Mild Handicaps: Academic and Social Outcomes.

Madden, Nancy A.; Slavin, Robert E.

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ERIC Number: EJ294176

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Publication Date: 1983

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Mainstreaming Students with Mild Handicaps: Academic and Social Outcomes.

Madden, Nancy A.; Slavin, Robert E.

Review of Educational Research, v53 n4 p519-69 Win 1983

Research contrasting special class placement, partial mainstreaming, and complete mainstreaming of students with mild academic handicaps is critically reviewed. Also reviewed is recent research on programs designed to improve the outcomes of mainstreaming, particularly programs directed at diminishing the rejection of students with mild academic handicaps by their regular class peers. (Author/PN)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Adjustment, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Mild Disabilities, Peer Acceptance, Self Concept, Student Educational Objectives, Student Placement

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Language: English

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Note: This work was supported by Grant No. G-00-80-01494 from the Office of Special Education, US Department of Education.