The purpose of this field study was to examine an instructional technology for teaching a life enhancement skill to handicapped learners. Twelve special education teachers taught an eight-lesson interactive video-based curriculum to 116 secondary-aged mildly (105) and moderately (11) handicapped students. These teachers / students represented 17 high school classroom settings in the State of Oregon. Five measures were used to evaluate a number of dimensions, including learning performance gains, and teacher and student satisfaction with the curriculum. Results were promising across all measures.
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