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Making A Difference: Accommodating Students With Autism In A General Education Classroom, Luci Ottaviano
Making A Difference: Accommodating Students With Autism In A General Education Classroom, Luci Ottaviano
Leah A. Nillas
“Increasingly, parents and professionals are looking to inclusive settings to provide social interactions and opportunities for children with autism that might otherwise be lacking in a self-contained setting” (Boutot, Bryant, 2005). However, most general education high school teachers have limited experience and knowledge regarding autism, and the purpose of this study was to determine how to accommodate and modify curriculum to address the needs of students with autism. Data was collected in two phases: the first phase took place during student teaching and was comprised of observational journals from my experience; the second phase consisted of three interviews with special …
Literacy Work Stations: Effects On Students’ Reading Comprehension And Fluency, Amy Burns
Literacy Work Stations: Effects On Students’ Reading Comprehension And Fluency, Amy Burns
Leah A. Nillas
According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, “Despite recent national attention to the importance of teaching early reading skills, many children in America continue to struggle with reading. Forty percent of U.S. fourth grade children read below a ‘basic level’ and have ‘little or no mastery’ of the knowledge of skills necessary to perform work at each grade level” (Choutka, Jitendra, Edwards, Starosta, Sacks & Jacobson, 2004). With this data in mind, the purpose of this research is to determine how literacy work stations are affecting students’ literacy skills. This research was conducted in a fourth grade classroom at …