{"title":"Free Appropriate Public Education and Endrew F. v. Douglas County School System (2017): Implications for Personnel Preparation","authors":"M. Yell, D. Bateman","doi":"10.1177/0888406417754239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0888406417754239","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this article is to examine the free appropriate public education (FAPE) requirements of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The authors first briefly examine the definition of FAPE in the IDEA. Second, they delve into the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in Board of Education v. Rowley and Endrew F. v. Douglas and how these decisions have affected the definition of FAPE. They next address the procedural, substantive, and implementation errors school district personnel often make when developing students’ special education programs. They offer suggestions on how faculty members can prepare their preservice teachers to understand and avoid these errors and develop educationally meaningful and legally correct special education programs that confer a FAPE.","PeriodicalId":51596,"journal":{"name":"Teacher Education and Special Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0888406417754239","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49252531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Barbara Fink Chorzempa, Michael D. Smith, Jane M. Sileo
{"title":"Practice-Based Evidence: A Model for Helping Educators Make Evidence-Based Decisions","authors":"Barbara Fink Chorzempa, Michael D. Smith, Jane M. Sileo","doi":"10.1177/0888406418767254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0888406418767254","url":null,"abstract":"Within their teacher preparation courses and field experiences, preservice teachers are introduced to numerous instructional practices, not all of which are considered research-based. For this reason, instruction in how to evaluate the effectiveness of one’s practices is essential, but it is often a lacking component of initial certification programs. In this article, a flexible, problem-solving model for collecting and reflecting on practice-based evidence (PBE) is described. The model, utilized in a graduate program in Special Education, was designed to assist teacher candidates in evaluating the effectiveness of the practices they implement to optimize students’ learning outcomes. Implications for practice in the K-12 environment are also provided.","PeriodicalId":51596,"journal":{"name":"Teacher Education and Special Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0888406418767254","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45356437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editor’s Introduction","authors":"C. Griffin, Melinda M. Leko","doi":"10.1177/0888406418824829","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0888406418824829","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51596,"journal":{"name":"Teacher Education and Special Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0888406418824829","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48404757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristin L. Sayeski, Bethany Hamilton-Jones, Grace Cutler, Gentry A. Earle, Lauren Husney
{"title":"The Role of Practice and Feedback for Developing Teacher Candidate’s Opportunities to Respond Expertise","authors":"Kristin L. Sayeski, Bethany Hamilton-Jones, Grace Cutler, Gentry A. Earle, Lauren Husney","doi":"10.1177/0888406417735876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0888406417735876","url":null,"abstract":"A greater emphasis on measuring the outputs of teacher preparation programs such as practice-based evaluations (e.g., edTPA) has increased the need for teacher educators to examine “best practice” for developing the skill-based competencies of teacher candidates. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of practice and feedback on teacher candidates’ knowledge and skill acquisition of a specific evidence-based practice, the provision of opportunities to respond (OTRs). Using an experimental, pretest–posttest design, 48 teacher candidates in an introductory special education course (i.e., nonpracticum course) were randomly assigned to a distributed practice with feedback (experimental) condition or a massed practice with no feedback (business-as-usual) condition. Candidates in the experimental condition outperformed candidates in the business-as-usual condition on a measure of knowledge and a performance measure on the accuracy of specific OTR technique delivery. There were, however, no differences between the groups in terms of rate of OTR delivery. Implications for teacher preparation are discussed.","PeriodicalId":51596,"journal":{"name":"Teacher Education and Special Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0888406417735876","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48687149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Performance Feedback and Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices for Preservice Special Education Teachers and Student Outcomes: A Review of the Literature","authors":"Rachel Anne Schles, R. Robertson","doi":"10.1177/0888406417736571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0888406417736571","url":null,"abstract":"Given the importance of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for improving outcomes for students with disabilities, it is key that preservice special education teachers have the opportunity to implement EBPs with high levels of fidelity during their teacher preparation program. For this reason, the authors conducted a systematic review of the literature to answer the question: Does providing performance feedback improve preservice special education teachers’ fidelity of implementation of EBPs and outcomes for students with disabilities? Five studies were found which met inclusion criteria. These studies demonstrated a clear functional relationship between performance feedback and preservice teachers’ increased fidelity to the EBP(s). Across studies, there were mixed effects in student outcomes when preservice teachers increased their fidelity to EBPs. Limitations of the current analysis and the included studies are discussed along with future implications for researchers and practitioners.","PeriodicalId":51596,"journal":{"name":"Teacher Education and Special Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2019-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0888406417736571","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48814022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Collin Shepley, Justin D. Lane, Jennifer Grisham-Brown, Amy D Spriggs, Olivia Winstead
{"title":"Effects of a Training Package to Increase Teachers’ Fidelity of Naturalistic Instructional Procedures in Inclusive Preschool Classrooms","authors":"Collin Shepley, Justin D. Lane, Jennifer Grisham-Brown, Amy D Spriggs, Olivia Winstead","doi":"10.1177/0888406417727043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0888406417727043","url":null,"abstract":"Teachers in inclusive preschool classrooms are required to provide supports and instruction to children with and without developmental delays. In addition, teachers are required to use research and evidence-based practices, such as naturistic instructional procedures. Despite a plethora of research on the effectiveness and utility of naturalistic instructional procedures, few studies have examined the training and coaching practices used to prepare teachers to use these procedures. In addition, few studies have examined the extent to which teachers view common training and coaching practices as ecologically valid or naturalistic instructional procedures as socially valid. The authors trained two preschool teachers of inclusive classrooms to use naturalistic instructional procedures within the context of their daily activities. The training package consisted of the most commonly utilized teacher training and coaching practices. Teachers evaluated the social and ecological validity of the training and coaching practices throughout the study. Results indicated that both teachers acquired target naturalistic instructional procedures with concomitant decreases in the number of unrelated task demands presented to children. Teachers reported idiosyncratic differences across social and ecological validity ratings. Implications for future research and teacher training are discussed.","PeriodicalId":51596,"journal":{"name":"Teacher Education and Special Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0888406417727043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45004206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toward a Model of Learning and Transfer: A Review of Instructional Methods and Learning Outcomes in Special Education Teacher Preparation","authors":"Sara Werner Juarez, Cammy J. Purper","doi":"10.1177/0888406417727041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0888406417727041","url":null,"abstract":"In the past decade and a half, measurable outcomes of teacher performance and student achievement have moved to the forefront of education policy. Researchers have identified a gap in special education teacher preparation research and have called for the re-envisioning of current educational models, emphasizing a focus on effective methods in special education teacher preparation. Prior studies and literature reviews have demonstrated a need for experimental research on effective methods that move preservice teachers (PSTs) from knowledge to application. In this article, the authors present a model of learning and transfer based on the How People Learn theoretical framework. Guided by this framework, a review of literature resulted in 12 experimental, quantitative studies of instructional methods delivered primarily within university classroom-based settings, measuring PSTs’ outcomes at increasingly deeper levels of learning and transfer. Findings indicate various instructional methods within university coursework lead to strong, positive learning outcomes for PSTs, with most studies measuring knowledge acquisition and conceptual application of knowledge. Yet, more studies are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of coursework on teacher candidates’ application for and within classroom settings, as well as students’ outcomes. Implications and future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":51596,"journal":{"name":"Teacher Education and Special Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0888406417727041","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48565080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Teacher Attrition in Special Education: Perspectives From the Field","authors":"Jessica L. Hagaman, Kathryn J. Casey","doi":"10.1177/0888406417725797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0888406417725797","url":null,"abstract":"In the field of special education, attrition plays a major role in a persistent teacher shortage problem. Over the past few decades, researchers in general education and special education have investigated the various reasons why new teachers leave the field and ways in which they can be better supported to stay in their positions. Despite the increased focus on why new special education teachers leave the field, the knowledge related to teacher attrition in special education is still somewhat limited when compared with the field of general education. For example, previous research has heavily relied on survey research to understand teacher attrition, but these methods may limit some of the important information related to the complexity of why a teacher might leave the field or their job within the first few years. In this study, the authors conduct several Nominal Group Technique (NGT) focus groups to learn more about the perceived needs of new special education teachers. Focus groups are held with three specific groups, preservice special education teachers, new special education teachers, and school administrators to further investigate the potential differences in perceptions about the needs and roles of new special education teachers.","PeriodicalId":51596,"journal":{"name":"Teacher Education and Special Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0888406417725797","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48623505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kat D. Alves, M. Kennedy, Ryan O. Kellems, J. Wexler, Wendy J. Rodgers, J. Romig, Katherine N. Peeples
{"title":"Improving Preservice Teacher Vocabulary Instruction: A Randomized Controlled Trial","authors":"Kat D. Alves, M. Kennedy, Ryan O. Kellems, J. Wexler, Wendy J. Rodgers, J. Romig, Katherine N. Peeples","doi":"10.1177/0888406417727044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0888406417727044","url":null,"abstract":"General and special education teachers need to have an understanding of effective practices for providing vocabulary instruction to students with and without disabilities across grade levels and content areas. Preservice teachers in this study (N = 121) received training in evidence-based practices for vocabulary instruction via a series of three training modules. They then completed one of two practice conditions—creating a multimedia product to teach a vocabulary word or completing a non-multimedia learning task during class. The two practice conditions resulted in similar gains on the knowledge measure, but the group that created the multimedia product significantly outperformed the group that completed the non-multimedia task in a demonstration of instruction. Implications for teacher education are discussed.","PeriodicalId":51596,"journal":{"name":"Teacher Education and Special Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0888406417727044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47600367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating Special Education Teachers’ Classroom Performance: Rater Reliability at the Rubric Item Level","authors":"Janelle E. Lawson, Rebecca A. Cruz","doi":"10.1177/0888406417718250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0888406417718250","url":null,"abstract":"Classroom observations are an integral component of teacher evaluation systems, but little is known about who is best qualified to observe and evaluate special educators, who have a specialized skillset, and whether observation instruments adequately reflect their instructional practices. In this study, 19 special education teachers in California and Idaho each contributed three video-recorded classroom lessons. Using rubric items designed to reflect efficacious instructional practices for teaching students with disabilities, school administrators and peers scored the teachers’ lessons. Rater reliability and sources of error variance were examined using generalizability theory. Findings indicate that peers were more reliable raters than school administrators, who did not have expertise in special education, and the school administrators’ ratings varied at the rubric items level. Implications for classroom observation systems are discussed.","PeriodicalId":51596,"journal":{"name":"Teacher Education and Special Education","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2018-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/0888406417718250","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44961885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}