Browsing by Author "Darch, Craig"

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A Comparison of Learning Outcomes for Students with Disabilities Taught in Three Dissimilar Classroom Settings: Support Services, Team/Collaborative, and Departmental/Pullout

Powell, Jackie (2007-05-15)

Learning outcomes for students with mild learning and behavioral disabilities (SWD) are receiving national attention as a result of educational reform focusing on student achievement. This educational reform is the No ...

Direct Instruction Reading: Effects of the Reading Mastery Plus - Level K Program on Preschool Children with Developmental Delays

Zayac, Ryan (2008-08-15)

Despite the success of Direct Instruction (DI) programs in teaching a variety of individuals how to read, there has been little research on the use of DI for young children with developmental delays. The purpose of the ...

Early Childhood Preservice Training and Perceived Teacher Efficacy Beliefs Concerning the Inclusion of Young Children with Disabilities

Walls, Shelley (2007-12-15)

The purpose of the study was to identify relationships among type of early childhood teacher training programs and levels of perceived efficacy beliefs concerning the inclusion of young children with disabilities. Preservice ...

The Effects of the Concrete-Representational-Abstract-Integration Sequence to Teach Students with Disabilities Binomial Multiplication and Quadratic Transformations into Factored Form

Moore, Alexcia (2020-05-15)

Algebra is the foundational mathematics course that students take as they begin their high school career and is often difficult for the average learner. In order for students with disabilities and those with mathematics ...

The Effects of Video Modeling as a Reading Intervention Strategy with Students with Deficits in Reading

Rachel, Yolandria (2020-04-13)

This study investigated the effects of using video self-modeling as an intervention strategy to improve the oral reading fluency of students with and without disabilities with a descriptive look at its impact on reading ...

An Examination of Teachers’ and Students with Disabilities’ Perspectives and the Efficacy of Co-Teaching

Hang, Qi (2006-05-15)

Co-teaching has been developed as an instructional approach to support students with disabilities in general education classrooms. The purpose of the present study was to identify (a) teachers’ and students’ perspectives ...

Examining the Effects of Teaching Self-Determination Skills to High School Youth with Disabilities

Zito, Stephanie (2009-12-16)

An extensive review of the literature has been conducted in the area of self-determination for youth with disabilities who are preparing for their transitions from school to post school activities. Self-determination is ...

An Exploratory Factor Analysis Of The Human Behavior Rating Scale

Woods, Suzanne (2007-08-15)

This paper reviews 27 theories of human behavior. The theories were categorized as arousal, affect, and cognitive; each addressed a certain aspect of human behavior in a discrete manner. Eaves (1993b) proposed an Integrated ...

Main Idea Identification with Students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities / Specific Learning Disabilities: A Comparison Between an Explicit and a Basal Instructional Approach

Miller, Cecil (2009-07-28)

With the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 children with mild intellectual disabilities / specific learning disabilities have increasingly been integrated into most facets of the general education curriculum. ...

The Purpose of undergraduate rehabilitation education: Implications for Curriculum Development

Duncan, John (2008-08-15)

The goal of this study was to determine the commonalities and differences of registered and non-registered undergraduate rehabilitation education programs existent in the United States and to identify curriculum commonalities ...

Reading Comprehension Instruction in the Middle Grades for Students with Learning and Behavior Problems

Crowe, David (2007-08-15)

National and state measures suggest students with learning and behavior problems demonstrate difficulty with comprehension tasks. Reading comprehension is essential for students with learning and behavior problems to be ...

Reading Foundations - Teaching Letter Sound Correspondence to Young Students with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities

Wright, Heidi (2020-08-10)

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of explicit Direct Instruction to teach letter sound correspondence to students with developmental disabilities. Additionally, this study sought to provide a basis ...

Relationship between Demographic Characteristics and Current Level of Job Satisfaction among North Carolina State Agency Rehabilitation Counselors

Duncan, John (2006-05-15)

This study examined factors perceived to contribute to job satisfaction (amount of pay, having good benefits, having job security, autonomy and other various factors that one may perceive as advantageous to go to work) and ...

Special Educator Preparation: Are We Preparing Candidates who Possess the Dispositions to be Effective Educators for Diverse Learners?

Brumbeloe Schweck, Kelly (2020-04-17)

Considerable debate continues in the field of educator preparation regarding how to ensure candidates possess critical teaching dispositions upon program completion. Despite considerable evidence that teachers who do not ...

Transition Outcomes of Students with High Incidence Disabilities in Alabama

Griffin, Dashonera (2007-05-15)

This study examined factors associated with the engagement of former students with high incidence disabilities in Alabama from rural and nonrural school systems. The investigation was conducted using 119 students with ...