Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ549098
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
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Mega-analysis of Meta-analyses: What Works in Special Education and Related Services.
Forness, Steven R.; And Others
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v29 n6 p4-9 Jul-Aug 1997
Explains how meta-analysis can be used to estimate the effectiveness of various teaching strategies in special education and related services. Identifies specific interventions with combined effect sizes that indicate either effectiveness (such as mnemonic strategies, enhancing reading comprehension), promise of effectiveness (stimulant drugs, computer assisted instruction), or ineffectiveness (perceptual training, the Feingold diet). (DB)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Disabilities, Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention, Meta Analysis, Outcomes of Education, Pupil Personnel Services, Research and Development, Research Utilization, Special Education, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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