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Effects Of Disability Awareness Educational Programs On An Inclusive Classroom, Cecelia Williamson
Effects Of Disability Awareness Educational Programs On An Inclusive Classroom, Cecelia Williamson
Honors Projects
Students with disabilities are more often than not included in the general education classroom. This study develops and implements a Disability Awareness Program in a fourth grade classroom and through action research, determines whether the program was influential in shaping positive behaviors towards students with disabilities. The students were exposed to five disability lessons on autism, physical disabilities, dyslexia, blindness/ vision impairments and accessibility. Three lessons, beginning, middle and end, began with questionnaires on disability knowledge and moral thinking. Each lesson was partnered with open discussion. In response to the positive attitudes, the classroom environment become more inclusive of students …
Universal Design For Learning And The Teaching Of Social Studies, Rebecca Larntz
Universal Design For Learning And The Teaching Of Social Studies, Rebecca Larntz
Honors Projects
After conducting research into the idea of Universal Design for Learning, I created a rubric based on the principles of UDL. To test the rubric, a study was conducted in which participants were asked to evaluate a Stanford History Education Group lesson plan using my rubric. Before the study, the rubric was tested for ambiguities by four other respondents. The rubric was then modified based on their feedback, and then the rubric was used by 95 participants to evaluate the selected lesson plan.