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Research Highlights: Research Studies

For more information about studies and practices regarding the aforementioned topics consider the following resources:

Leadership
Anderson, Kelly (2001) Leadership Qualities That Facilitate Highly Inclusive Schools. Presented at 2001 Annual CEC Conference, Kansas City, MO, April 19, 2001.

Stainback, Susan and William Stainback. Ed. (1996) Inclusion: A Guide for Educators. Baltimore, Md.: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Friendship Formation and Social Acceptance
Leffert, James S. and Gary N. Siperstein (1996) "Assessment of Social-Cognitive Processes in Children with Mental Retardation" American Journal on Mental Retardation 100(5) p. 441-455.

Leffert, James S., Gary N. Siperstein, and Emily Millikan. (2000) "Understanding Social Adaption in Children with Mental Retardation: A Social-Cognitive Perspective." Exceptional Children 66(4) pp.530-545.

McGregor, G and R. Timm Vogelsberg. (1998) Inclusive Schooling Practices: Pedagogical and Research Foundations. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.

Siperstein, Gary N. and James S. Leffert (1997) "Comparison of Socially Accepted and Rejected Children with Mental Retardation" American Journal on Mental Retardation 101(4) p. 339-351.

Siperstein, Gary N., James S. Leffert, Melodie Wenz-Gross (1997) "The Quality of Friendships Between Children With and Without Learning Problems" American Journal on Mental Retardation 102(2) p. 111-125.

Snell, Martha E. & Rachel Janney (2000) Social Relationships and Peer Support. Baltimore, MD.: Paul H. Brookes Publishing, Co.

Stainback, Susan and William Stainback. Ed. (1996) Inclusion: A Guide for Educators. Baltimore, Md.: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Peer Support and Tutoring
Duckenfield, Marty The Performance of AT-Risk Youth As Tutors. National Dropout Prevention Center: Clemson, SC. Available at: www.dropoutprevention.org/effstrat/performance.htm

Gensemer, Patricia. (2000) Effectiveness of Cross-Age and Peer Mentoring Programs. ERIC Document # ED438267.

Kalkowski, Page (1997) Peer and Cross-Age Tutoring. Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: Portland, OR. Available at www.nwrel.org/sepd/sirs/9/c018.html

Olmscheid, Carey (1999) The Effectiveness of Peer Tutoring in the Elementary Grades. ERIC Document #ED430959.

National Regional Educational Laboratory (1997) Tutoring: Strategies for Successful Learning. Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: Portland, OR. Available at www.nwrel.org/request/oct96/article3.html

Partners in School Innovation and the National Literacy Corps. Cross-Age Tutoring: A Win-Win Partnership. The National Literacy Corps: San Francisco, CA. Available at www.etr.org/nsrc/rev2n4/crossage.html

Pegnatore, Linda A. (1984). Integration of SPH Students with Non-Handicapped Peers at Pine Ridge Center. ERIC Document # ED253341.

Thomas, Robert L. (1993). "Cross-Age and Peer Tutoring." ERIC Digest. ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication: Bloomington, IN. Available at www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/ieo/digests/d78.html

Direct Instruction
American Federation of Teachers. (1998). Building the Best, Learning from What Works: Seven Promising Reading and English Language Arts Programs. Washington, DC. Available at www.aft.org/edissues/downloads/seven.pdf

Meyer, Linda A. (1983). Long-Term Academic Effects of Direct Instruction Follow Through. Technical Report No. 299. ERIC Document # ED237932.

National Institute for Direct Instruction. (2001). What is Direct Instruction? National Institute for Direct Instruction: Eugene, OR. Available at www.nifdi.org

Stevens, Robert J. (1989). The Effects of Cooperative Learning and Direct Instruction in Reading Comprehension Strategies on Main Idea Identification. Report No. 44. ERIC Document # ED328902.

The Catalog of School Reform Models (1998). Direct Instruction (K-8). Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory: Portland, OR & the National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform: Washington, DC. Available at www.nwrel.org/scpd/catalog/ModelDetails.asp?ModelID=13

Cooperative Learning
The Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota. www.clcrc.com

Janney, Rachel and Martha E. Snell (2000) Teacher's Guides to Inclusive Practices: Modifying Schoolwork Paul H. Brookes: Baltimore, MD. Pg. 60-61.

Janney, Rachel and Martha E. Snell (2000) Teacher's Guides to Inclusive Practices: Modifying Schoolwork Paul H. Brookes: Baltimore, MD. Pg. 73-74

Johnson, Roger T. and David W. Johnson An Overview of Cooperative Learning The Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN. Available at www.clcrc.com/pages/overviewpaper.html

Johnson, David W., Roger T. Johnson, and Mary Beth Stanne. (2000) Cooperative Learning Methods: A Meta-Analysis The Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN. Available at www.clcrc.com/pages/cl-methods.html

Mueller, Andrea and Thomas Fleming (2001) "Cooperative Learning: Listening to How Children Work at School." The Journal of Educational Research 94(5) P. 259 - 265.

Sapon-Shevin, Mara, Barbara J. Ayres, and Janet Duncan. Cooperative Learning and Inclusion. The Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, MN. Available at www.clcrc.com/pages/overviewpaper.html

Snell, Martha E. & Rachel Janney (2000) Social Relationships and Peer Support. Baltimore, MD.: Paul H. Brookes Publishing, Co.

Stahl, Robert J (1994). "The Essential Elements of Cooperative Learning in the Classroom." ERIC Digest. ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education: Bloomington, IN.

Universal Design for Learning
Fourth Annual Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Technology Conference. February 2, 2001. U.S. Office of Special Education Programs.

Research Connections in Special Education. (1999). Universal design in action. Number 5, Fall, 1999. U.S. Office of Special Education Programs.

Meyer, A.& O'Neill L. (2000). Beyond access: Universal design for learning. Available at: www.eparent.com.

O'Neill, L. (2000). Moving toward the vision of the universally designed classroom. Peabody, MA: CAST. Available at: http://www.cast.org/universaldesignforlearning

Orkwis, R. (1999). Curriculum access and universal design for learning. Reston, VA: The Council for Exceptional Children.

Orkwis, R. & McLane, K.(1998). A curriculum every student can use: Design principles for student access (ERIC-OSEP topical brief). Reston, VA: The Council for Exceptional Children.

Team Teaching and Collaboration
Flemming, Janetta L. and Lisa E. Monda-Amaya. (2001) "Process Variable Critical for Team Effectiveness: A Delphi Study of Wraparound Team Members" Remedial and Special Education 22(3) p. 158 - 171.

Friend, Marilyn, and Lynn Cook (2000) Interactions: Collaboration Skills for School Professional. 3ed. Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.: New York, NY.

Hourcade, Jack J. and Jeanne Bauwens (2001) "Cooperative Teaching: The Renewal of Teachers." The Clearing House 74(5) p. 242 - 247.

Riley, John F. (2000) "Collaborative Planning and Decision Making in the Elementary School: A Qualitative Study of Contemporary Team Teaching." ERIC Document #ED447134. ERIC Clearinghouse: Washington, DC.

Ripley, Suzanne (1997). "Collaboration between General and Special Education Teachers." ERIC Digest. ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education: Washington, DC. Available at www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed409317.html

Snell, Martha E. and Rachel Janney (2000) Teacher's Guides to Inclusive Practices: Collaborative Teaching. Paul H. Brookes: Baltimore, MD.

Walther-Thomas, Chriss, Lori Korinek, Virginia L. McLaughlin, and Brenda Toler Williams (2000) Collaboration for Inclusive Education. Allyn & Bacon: Boston, MA.

Multiple Intelligences Approach to Learning
Campbell, Bruce (1989) "Multiplying Intelligence in the Classroom." On the Beam IX(2) p.7 :167. Also available at: www.newhorizons.org/art_miclsrm.html

Campbell, Bruce (1990) "The Research Results of a Multiple Intelligences Classroom" On the Beam XI(1) p.7 :254 Also available at: www.newhorizons.org/art_mireserch.html

Carvin, Andy. Basic MI Theory. EdWeb: Exploring Technology and School Reform. Available at edweb.gsn.org/edref.mi.th.html.

Falvey, Mary A, Christine C. Givner, and Christine Kimm (1996) "What do I do Monday Morning?" Inclusion: A Guide for Educators edited by Susan Stainback and William Stainback. Paul H. Brookes: Baltimore, MD. P. 117 - 138

Harvard Project Zero and President and Fellows Harvard College (2000). Project Sumit Harvard Project Zero: Cambridge, MA. Available at www.pzweb.harvard.edu/SUMIT/Default.htm

McGregor, G and R. Timm Vogelsberg. (1998) Inclusive Schooling Practices: Pedagogical and Research Foundations. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.

Stockstill, Daniel. Resources in Teaching Multiple Intelligences. Available at www.harding.edu/~cbr/midemo/mifirst.html.

Ecological Behavior Assessment Systems
Greenwood, C.R., Carta, J.D., Kamps, D. & Delquadri, J. (1997). EcoBehavioral Assessment System Software: (EBASS). Practitioner's Manual: Version 3.0. Juniper Gardens Children's Project, University of Kansas

Greenwood, C.R., Arreaga-Mayer, C. & Clark-Preston, D. (Ed.)(1985). An Eco-Behavioral Approach to Research in Special Education. Juniper Gardens Children's Project, University of Kansas

Utley, C. & Obiakor, F. (2001). Learning problems or learning disabilities of multicultural learners: Contemporary perspectives. In C.A.Utley & F.E. Obiakor, (Eds.), Special education, multicultural education, and school reform (pp. 90-117). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.

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