In this article, a metacognitive model designed to promote cooperative instruction among regular education and special education preservice teachers is described. The model includes opportunities for cooperative prelesson ...

There is a critical national shortage of teachers prepared to work with children who are blind and those with low vision. This article describes two federally funded projects that addressed the needs of school districts ...

This study explored characteristics and variables differentiating more effective and less effective teachers of mildly retarded (EMR) and learning disabled (LD) students. Twenty-four elementary school teachers were designated ...

The marketplace for new graduates of doctoral training programs in special education has changed from one in which demand exceeded supply to a more balanced one in which supply meets or may exceed demand. The resulting ...

In this article we describe a field-based teacher education project that used action research preparing teacher candidates to use learning strategies during educational partnerships with classroom teachers. Action research ...

In this article, we describe the emergence of the support model of services for persons with developmental disabilities. A rationale is presented for persons with developmental disabilities, their families, and university ...

A follow-up telephone survey of regular education students who had taken a course on mainstreaming handicapped students was conducted. The purpose of the survey was to determine the perceptions of graduates regarding the ...