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Teacher's Attitudes Towards Instruction Of Students With Disabilities In An Inclusive Setting, Beverly Nunes
Teacher's Attitudes Towards Instruction Of Students With Disabilities In An Inclusive Setting, Beverly Nunes
Master's Theses
According to some studies, there is a trend in inclusion of students with disabilities in general classroom. And the key element to deal with this special education issue is the general education teacher. The present research surveyed the variables that would predict teachers' attitudes towards inclusion of students with disabilities in inclusive settings. The variables include years of service, teachers' attendance to special education courses in their program preparation, differentiated instruction, and previous experience with inclusion. Eighty general education teachers from public schools in a very diverse area of Southwest Michigan, answered a survey with 31 questions involving the Scale …
A Multi-Sensory Approach To Teaching Spelling To Learning Disabled Children, Judith M. Meuleman
A Multi-Sensory Approach To Teaching Spelling To Learning Disabled Children, Judith M. Meuleman
Master's Theses
Problem
Learning disabled children are receiving increasing attention, for despite an intelligence quotient within the normal range, they are not achieving in school as well as their peers. The reasons offered for this phenomenon seem to relate to perceptual problems. Specific learning disabilities occur in reading, arithmetic, spelling, handwriting and other motor coordination areas. This study investigates the effect of a multi-sensory method of teaching spelling to learning disabled children using sandpaper letters to utilize the tactile and kinesthetic sensory modalities.
Method
Unfamiliar spelling words were taught to 40 learning disabled children, 38 boys and 2 girls. The children were …
The Relationship Between The Self-Concept And School Achievement In The Disadvantaged Child, Aneesi B. Nakhle
The Relationship Between The Self-Concept And School Achievement In The Disadvantaged Child, Aneesi B. Nakhle
Master's Theses
PURPOSE
The purpose of the study was to determine the extent of the relationship between the self-concept and the academic achievement of the disadvantaged child.
METHOD AND PROCEDURES
The subjects studied were randomly selected from an inner city elementary school. The sample consisted of 97 black and 8 white children of ages 9 to 13, in a nongraded school. The pupils were administered the California Achievement Test Level 3 Form B, and the California Test of Personality, Level 2, Form AA. Both tests were administered during the month of April 1972. The statistical treatment of the data consisted of obtaining …