Kavale, Kenneth A., 1946-

The positive side of special education : minimizing its fads, fancies, and follies / Kenneth A. Kavale, Mark P. Mostert. - Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2004. - xi, 293 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-285) and indexes.

Science: Good, bad, and bogus -- Educating intelligence: mind over matter -- Heredity, environment, and the great debate about "intelligence" -- Perceptual-motor training and the improvement of nothing at all -- Psycholinguistic training: faculty psychology revisited -- Treating autism: manipulators, mystics, and monsters -- Dyslexia interventions: sorcery, witchcraft, and legerdemain -- Ideology and special education: cry "havoc!" -- The end of special education?

1578860970 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Children with disabilities--Education--Evaluation.
Children with disabilities--Education--Research--Methodology.

LC 4019 / .K38 2004