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Special education placement decisions made by teams and individuals: A cross‐cultural perspective
Author(s) -
Pfeiffer Steven I.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198207)19:3<335::aid-pits2310190312>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , psychology , special education , process (computing) , applied psychology , social psychology , medical education , pedagogy , medicine , artificial intelligence , computer science , operating system
The present study looked at whether special education placement decisions made by teams are superior to those made by individuals. The investigation was conducted in Puerto Rico to determine whether the benefits of the cooperative group process exist in another culture. Results indicated that teams in Puerto Rico generated significantly less variability (i.e., errors) in their placement decisions than did the same specialists acting independently.