An Analysis of One of the Cornerstones of the Regular Education Initiative.

Autor/inn/en	Anderegg, M. L.; Vergason, Glenn A.
Titel	An Analysis of One of the Cornerstones of the Regular Education Initiative.
Quelle	(1987), (31 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Disabilities; Educational Innovation; Educational Research; Elementary Education; Grade 2; Mainstreaming; Research Design; Research Methodology; Research Problems; Special Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handicap; Behinderung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Elementarunterricht; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Forschungsdesign; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungskritik; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen
Abstract	The "regular education initiative," whose chief proponent is Assistant Secretary of Education Madeleine Will, calls for the merger of special education and regular education into one system. It is based on the Adaptive Learning Environment Model (ALEM) developed by Margaret Wang and her associates. This paper reviews the research, including pilot studies, conducted by Wang and others in order to aid regular and special educators in assessing the regular education initiative. It concludes that the ALEM may provide effective mainstreaming technology, but that the research examined does not necessarily verify it. ALEM appears to be a highly implementable model of effective teaching in a regular classroom setting with average learners through second grade, but the research has not: (1) demonstrated effectiveness of ALEM with learners defined as "handicapped" under PL 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act; (2) investigated setting as a variable and therefore shown it as more effective than resource or other special-setting classes; (3) investigated the variance gained or maintained past grade 2; (4) investigated variance accounted for by level of task difficulty or use of self-instructional materials; or (5) always employed the best research practices in terms of statistical analysis, control groups, and sample size. A 34-item reference list is appended. (VW)
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