Research in secondary schools / edited by Thomas E. Scruggs, Margo A. Mastropieri.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Efficacy of behavioral self-management techniques with adolescents with learning disabilities and behavior disorders / Charles A. Hughes, William J. Therrien and David L. Lee -- The effects of self-instructional strategies on problem solving in algebra for students with special needs / Caroline R. Lang [and others] -- Value added of the special education teacher in secondary school co-taught classes / Naomi Zigmond and David W. Matta -- Homework for students with disabilities / Jill Jakulski and Margo A. Mastropieri -- Making the grade : promoting success of secondary students with autism spectrum disorders / Janet E. Graetz -- Effective content-area instruction for all students / Janis Bulgren -- Social studies and students with disabilities : current status of instruction and a review of intervention research with middle and high school students / Judith L. Fontana -- How can a student's depressive attitude interfere with the use of good self-regulation skills? / Angelica Moe [and others] -- Preliminary work in determining whether dynamic assessment of working memory helps in the classification of students with reading disabilities / Crystal B. Howard and H. Lee Swanson -- Recent research in secondary content areas for students with learning and behavioral disabilities / Thomas E. Scruggs and Margo A. Mastropieri -- Technology and students with learning and behavioral disabilities / Nicole S. Ofiesh -- The effects of teacher licensure of teachers' pedagogical competence : implications for elementary and secondary teachers of students with learning and behavioral disabilities / Andrea A. Nougaret, Thomas E. Scruggs and Margo A. Mastropieri.

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.

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