The purpose of this study was to explore the extent of implementation of P.L. 94-142 as perceived by special education and vocational education teachers in comprehensive high schools in Florida, and to investigate adoptive behavior and peer opinion leadership as related to this implementation. A stratified random sampling of 200 vocational teachers representing the content areas of industrial arts, agribusiness and natural resources, home economics, and health occupations was selected. The special education teacher's sample was from the fifty-two comprehensive high schools participating in the study. There was a total of 103 vocational education teachers and 39 special education teachers participating in the study. / Two parallel questionnaires were developed; one for vocational education teachers and one for special education teachers. These instruments were reviewed by a panel of experts and pilot tested. Item-response frequency distribution and percentages were given for vocational content areas and special education teachers; total group response was reported where appropriate. The chi-square was used to examine the relationship between extent of implementation, level of education and years of experience. The Pearson Product Moment correlation was used to examine the relationship between extent of implementation, adoptive behavior, and peer opinion leadership. / Findings indicated a moderately high extent of implementation of the least restrictive environment had been attained. There was no statistically significant relationship between extent of implementation and any of the variables for the special education teachers. There was a statistically significant relationship between extent of implementation and adoptive behavior and peer opinion leadership for vocational teachers. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-06, Section: A, page: 2643. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74479 |
| Contributors | MYERS, IRENE G. SNYDER., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 127 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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