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Classroom Placement Of Twins Triplets And Other Multiples In Grades Kindergarten Through Eight In East Tennessee Schools: East Tennessee Principals Perceptions., Joy Brown Parton
Classroom Placement Of Twins Triplets And Other Multiples In Grades Kindergarten Through Eight In East Tennessee Schools: East Tennessee Principals Perceptions., Joy Brown Parton
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The purpose of this study was to learn from kindergarten- through 8th-grade principals in East Tennessee (a) what policies guide their decisions regarding classroom placement for multiple-birth children; (b) what postsecondary training they have; (c) what sources guide their decisions; (d) what knowledge they have of the needs, relationships, and bonds of multiples; and (e) what their perceptions are regarding how to best meet the needs of multiples.
Data were collected through interviews with a purposeful sample of 10 principals of kindergarten- through 8th-grade schools. Five themes emerged forming constructs for organizational framework: (a) learning environment, (b) meeting individual needs, …