Secondary education of students with learning and behavioral disabilities is an issue of great importance. Unlike elementary schools, secondary schools require substantially more independent functioning, assume the effective use of student planning and study skills, and often lack the classes in basic skills needed by some learners. Further, new developments in state high-stakes testing have increased the demands on content knowledge, and have decreased the availability of vocationally oriented programs. In this volume, several topics of relevance to secondary schools are considered by leading scholars, in reviews of recent research and new investigations with original data. Included in the volume are reviews of recent research on the efficacy of self-management techniques; the utility and efficacy of homework assignments; treatments for secondary students with autism; interventions on content-area learning, including English, science, math, and social studies; the effects of teacher licensure on teaching competence; dynamic assessment of working memory; and uses of technology in secondary education programs for students with learning and behavioral disabilities. In addition, original research is presented in areas of problem solving in algebra; effectiveness of co-teaching in secondary classrooms; and the interaction of depression and self-regulation. This book is intended for interested professionals and practitioners; researchers in learning and behavioral disabilities; and graduate students in psychology, education, and special education, particularly those concerned with the issues of learning and behavior problems in secondary schools.
Author(s): Thomas E Scruggs, Margo A Mastropieri
Edition: 1
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 336
Front Cover......Page 1
RESEARCH IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
CHAPTER 1. EFFICACY OF BEHAVIORAL SELF-MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES WITH ADOLESCENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES AND BEHAVIOR DISORDERS......Page 10
CHAPTER 2. THE EFFECTS OF SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES ON PROBLEM SOLVING IN ALGEBRA FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS......Page 38
CHAPTER 3. VALUE ADDED OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN SECONDARY SCHOOL CO-TAUGHT CLASSES......Page 64
CHAPTER 4. HOMEWORK FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES......Page 86
CHAPTER 5. MAKING THE GRADE: PROMOTING SUCCESS OF SECONDARY STUDENTS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS......Page 132
CHAPTER 6. EFFECTIVE CONTENT-AREA INSTRUCTION FOR ALL STUDENTS......Page 156
CHAPTER 7. SOCIAL STUDIES AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: CURRENT STATUS OF INSTRUCTION AND A REVIEW OF INTERVENTION RESEARCH WITH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS......Page 184
CHAPTER 8. HOW CAN A STUDENT'S DEPRESSIVE ATTITUDE INTERFERE WITH THE USE OF GOOD SELF-REGULATION SKILLS?......Page 216
CHAPTER 9. PRELIMINARY WORK IN DETERMINING WHETHER DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT OF WORKING MEMORY HELPS IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS WITH READING DISABILITIES......Page 230
CHAPTER 10. RECENT RESEARCH IN SECONDARY CONTENT AREAS FOR STUDENTS WITH LEARNING AND BEHAVIORAL DISABILITIES......Page 252
CHAPTER 11. TECHNOLOGY AND STUDENTS WITH LEARNING AND BEHAVIORAL DISABILITIES......Page 274
CHAPTER 12. THE EFFECTS OF TEACHER LICENSURE ON TEACHERS’ PEDAGOGICAL COMPETENCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY TEACHERS OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING AND BEHAVIORAL DISABILITIES......Page 310
SUBJECT INDEX......Page 328
