Content and Context:
classroom management in 5th and 6th grade;
major issue: how can the teacher meet individual needs of the students?
Types of disabilities/exceptionalities encountered:
learning disabilities (4 students); Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (2 students); Mental Retardition (1 student); low reading level.
Modifications, Accommodations, and/or Strategies used to address disability/exceptionality:
commitment of a special education teacher; special summer school on teacher´s collaboration; cooperative learning groups focused on the "Jigsaw Strategy" (expert group); constructivist teaching ("Venn Diagram"); performance based assessment.
Technologies used:
"Universal Design Learning" as a guide and ressource for lesson planning; "Guided Notes" for students that have a difficult time following lecture or assigned reading; "e-Reader" to read content from the Internet, word processing files, scanned-in text or typed-in text, enhancing text by adding spoken voice, visual highlighting; Creating a "Rubric" (assessment form to translate the achievement of the students) that helps students to understand what they learn, provides information for a portfolio for use by parents and teachers.
Comment/Question:
How should these strategies and technologies enable the disabled students to be successful in school???
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