The integration of pupils with learning difficulties: the results of research into the effects of integration

Autor: Gerard Bless, Christine Amrein
Rok vydání: 1992
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Zdroj: European Journal of Special Needs Education. 7:11-19
ISSN: 1469-591X
0885-6257
DOI: 10.1080/0885625920070102
Popis: The authors present the outcomes of an empirical study, effected in integrative and segregative models of schooling in German speaking Switzerland. The following questions have been analysed: a) the changes in performances of pupils with learning difficulties under different conditions of schooling; b) the development of social factors; c) the development of emotional characteristics. With regard to academic achievements, integrative measures proved to be more effective than instruction in self‐contained special classes. The findings concerning the development of social and emotional characteristics do not allow to draw clear conclusions either in favour of or against integration. Still, the outcomes of this study encourage to carry on experiments with integrative forms of schooling.
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