Bursuck, William

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TitleDateViewsBrief Description
Culturally Responsive Beliefs and Practices of General and Special Education Teachers Implementing Response to Intervention (RTI) in Diverse Elementary Schools 2010 6145 The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which diverse RTI schools in North Carolina engage in culturally responsive beliefs and practices. A total of eight diverse elementary schools participated in this study. Within these schools, 20...
A case study of an initiative to increase general educators' use of evidence based reading instruction 2011 5865 The purpose of this study was to understand general education teachers' experiences with a school-wide effort to increase the use of evidence-based teaching practices that were highlighted through a professional development workshop in evidence-based...
A study of teachers' perceptions of school-level factors affecting transition services 2013 3449 The purpose of this study was to explore teacher perceptions of providing transition services to high school students with special needs and to understand the variables that act as facilitators or barriers to providing those services. A qualitative r...
A study of teachers' perceptions of participating in professional learning communities and the relationships between general and special education teachers 2013 7403 The purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of teachers who participated in professional learning communities, and the relationship of that participation to collaboration and co-teaching. Semi-structured interviews were employed to understan...
Principals' perceptions of their ability to evaluate Special education teachers using the 21st century professional teaching standards 2011 2569 There have been teacher evaluations in place throughout the history of education, yet teacher quality continues to be an issue. With difficulty in determining what constitutes a qualified special education teacher, evaluations have been challenging t...
I do as I do and not as you say: how high school co-teachers reconcile professional knowledge and beliefs with competing policy directives and expectations 2015 1388 The purpose of this study was to understand how general education teachers and special education teachers make meaning of policy and in what way these meanings influence the work of co-teaching. The type of data necessary to address the research ques...
The effects of duet reading on the reading fluency and comprehension of high school students with learning disabilities 2010 8883 The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of Duet Reading, a peer-mediated repeated reading strategy, for increasing the reading fluency of four diverse ninth and tenth grade students with learning disabilities in a large public high...
A case study of general education teacher use of picture books to support inclusive practice in the primary grades of an inclusive elementary school 2013 5987 Scholars advocate the use of children's literature to help build awareness, understanding, and acceptance of disability in elementary school classrooms. Moreover, children's literature has been used as a component of disability awareness studies seek...
Secondary teachers' perceptions of assistive technology use for students with learning disabilities 2013 7436 The purpose of this study was to examine secondary general education teachers' perspective of assistive technology use for students with disabilities. A total of four secondary schools participated in this study. Within these schools, 110 general edu...
A qualitative study of RTI/Multi-tiered instruction in reading and LD identification from educators’ perspectives through the lens of implementation science 2016 641 Response to Intervention (RTI) represents a promising approach for producing more positive student achievement outcomes for all students, including students with special needs, while at the same time solving the chronic problem of over-identifying st...