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February 2007 | Volume 64 | Number 5
Marge Scherer
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Thomas Hehir
To maximize opportunities to participate, we must focus on what students can do.
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Beth Harry and Janette Klingner
The disproportionate placement of minorities in special education remains a central problem of the field.
Thomas E. Brown
Specialists believe ADD is a complex disorder primarily affecting the brain's executive functions.
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Temple Grandin
A university professor with autism describes how her teachers helped her succeed at learning.
Michael F. Giangreco
These strategies help students who perform well below grade level.
Patrick A. Schwarz
Successful inclusion practice includes welcoming students back into neighborhood schools after they have attended schools in special settings.
Jennifer Carolan and Abigail Guinn
Expert teachers show how to offer personalized supports for each learner.
Marilyn Friend
How classroom teachers and special education teachers can effectively work together.
Margo A. Mastropieri, Thomas E. Scruggs and Sheri L. Berkeley
Peer assistance, cooperative learning, and tutoring benefit students with and without disabilities.
Vincent J. Hawkins
Rhode Island's action research found that a number of schools are narrowing test score gaps between students with IEPs and the student population as a whole.
Elissa Wolfe Poel
From furthering communication to facilitating participation in sports, assistive tools enhance learning.
Judy Willis
A neurologist turned teacher takes exception to brain research that suggests there is one effective way to teach reading.
Sally E. Shaywitz and Bennett A. Shaywitz
The researchers reiterate that a deficit in phonology is the most robust correlate of reading disability.
W. James Popham
Douglas Reeves
Joanne Rooney
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Amy Brodesky, Fred Gross, Anna McTigue and Allysen Palmer
Study groups are an effective way to plan math instruction for students with special needs.
Amy M. Azzam
Naomi Thiers
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