Contemporary Special Education Research: Syntheses of the Knowledge Base on Critical Instructional Issues

by Gersten, Russell; Schiller, Ellen P.; Vaughn, Sharon R.; Baker, Scott

• ISBN13: 9780805828795
• ISBN10: 0805828796
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

Considerable research in the past 30 years has accumulated regarding the academic and social functioning of youngsters with disabilities. Only in the past decade has there been sufficient special education research published from which meta-analyses and syntheses can be conducted. In this volume, seven sets of authors grapple with synthesizing the knowledge base on an array of critical topics in the field of special education. Among others, specific chapters include: * a synthesis of what is known about effective instructional grouping practices for reading. * an examination of the differences between students classified as learning disabled and other low-achieving students on a range of academic performance measures. * a review of effective instruction for English-language learners. * an examination of the research on behavioral supports for low-incidence special education populations. * a synthesis on how technology supports literary development, across the full spectrum of disabilities categories. These papers provide up-to-date, informative summaries of current knowledge and a base from which further venture into the critical area of instructional intervention in special education can occur.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Joanna P. Williams
Preface	ix
Russell Gersten
Ellen P. Schiller
Sharon Vaughn
What Instruction Works for Students With Learning Disabilities? Summarizing the Results From a Meta-Anaylsis of Intervention Studies	1	(30)
H. Lee Swanson
The Professional Knowledge Base on Instructional Practices That Support Cognitive Growth for English-Language Learners	31	(50)
Russel Gersten
Scott Baker
Reading Differences Between Low-Achieving Students With and Without Learning Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis	81	(24)
Doug Fuchs
Lynn S. Fuchs
Patricia G. Mathes
Mark W. Lipsey
How Reading Outcomes of Students With Disabilities Are Related to Instructional Grouping Formats: A Meta-Analytic Review	105	(32)
Batya Elbaum
Sharon Vaughn
Marie Tejero Hughes
Sally Watson Moody
Jeanne Shay Schumm
A Meta-Analysis of Positive Behavior Support	137	(42)
Janet G. Marquis
Robert H. Horner
Edward G. Carr
Ann P. Turnbull
Marilyn Thompson
Gene Ann Behrens
Darlene Magito-McLaughlin
Michelle L. McAtee
Christopher E. Smith
Kaarin Anderson Ryan
Ajit Doolabh
Technology, Literacy, and Disabilities: A Review of the Research	179	(72)
Cynthia M. Okolo
Albert R. Cavalier
Ralph P. Ferretti
Charles A. MacArthur
Research Syntheses: Implications for Research and Practice	251	(12)
Ellen P. Schiller
David B. Malouf
The Methodology of Meta-Analysis	263	(18)
Harris Cooper
Jeffery C. Valentine
Kelly Charlton
Policy Decisions in Special Education: The Role of Meta-Analysis	281	(46)
Kenneth A. Kavale
Steven R. Forness
Author Index	327	(10)
Subject Index	337