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SPECIAL EDUCATION<br />

Teacher Preparation Status<br />

Extensive<br />

Preparation<br />

Some<br />

Preparation<br />

None<br />

Teach assigned<br />

a<br />

subject <strong>matter</strong><br />

49<br />

61<br />

72<br />

Select curricular<br />

materials<br />

a<br />

43<br />

62<br />

72<br />

Plan lessons<br />

effectively<br />

a<br />

55<br />

62<br />

79<br />

Use variety of<br />

<strong>in</strong>structional methods<br />

a<br />

36<br />

56<br />

71<br />

Assess students<br />

a<br />

62<br />

62<br />

75<br />

Handle classroom<br />

a<br />

management<br />

47<br />

52<br />

60<br />

38<br />

Use computers <strong>in</strong><br />

34<br />

Instruction<br />

35<br />

//<br />

0 30 40 50 60 70 80 90<br />

Percentage of Well Prepared<br />

Special Education Teachers<br />

Figure 2. Percentage of <strong>beg<strong>in</strong>n<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>teacher</strong>s <strong>in</strong><br />

special education who reported be<strong>in</strong>g well<br />

prepared <strong>in</strong> each of seven categories of teach<strong>in</strong>g<br />

capability by <strong>teacher</strong> <strong>preparation</strong> status. a For six<br />

of the seven teach<strong>in</strong>g capabilities, the differences<br />

among the three level of <strong>teacher</strong> <strong>preparation</strong> were<br />

statistically significant at the p

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