Affiliation:
1. Edward A. Polloway is associate professor and chairman of the Education Department at Lynchurg College. He did his graduate work in special education with an emphasis in mental retardation and learning disabilities at the University of Virginia. He is the co-author of four textbooks including Strategies for Teaching the Mentally Retarded, which is currently under revision. He has published several other articles that relate to appropriate placement for handicapped children in the public schools and is...
Abstract
The most efficacious placement for mildly retarded students has been examined and debated for more than fifty years. Five historical stages can be identified in the effort to arrive at some resolution of this issue: the birth of the efficacy question, the tremendous growth in special classes, the move to abolish such classes, the search for alternatives along the continuum of services, and the recent re-analysis of appropriate placements due to changes in the population of students in programs for the mildly retarded. Research and perspectives are discussed for each of these stages and conclusions relevant to the present are drawn.
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Education
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