Essentials of Special Education: Diversity in the Classroom

Essentials of Special Education: Diversity in the Classroom
By:"Brian J. Borkowski","Linda J. Martin, Ed.D."
Published on 2014-08-26 by Lulu.com

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Meeting the educational needs of students is a challenge facing educators, parents, and community members. With increased demands in education, a vastly changing and diverse student body; the challenge becomes greater. As the Individuals with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Common Core State Standards continue to guide educational procedures and ensure accountability, public schools are charged with providing increased inclusive opportunities in general education classrooms for all students as the first placement choice not simply as a reward for doing well or a trial basis to determine if a student can make it in general education.

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The Experience of Eighth Grade Language Arts Students Using Moodle in a Language Arts Classroom

The Experience of Eighth Grade Language Arts Students Using Moodle in a Language Arts Classroom
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Published on 2008 by ProQuest

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This study sought to understand the experience of one eighth grade Language Arts class who used Moodle for one unit of study. The review of the literature focused on three main areas: online learning, multiple intelligences, and Moodle. The literature reviewed various avenues of online learning, how individual's learning styles and intelligences affect learning, and one specific method of online learning, Moodle. The majority of the current literature focuses on online learning at the university level. A gap in the literature exists in the area of Moodle for middle school students. A gap in the literature also exists in the effect Moodle has on multiple intelligences and learning styles. This study was a qualitative case study that focused on the experience of one class of 24 students who used Moodle while studying the unit of The Pigman. Students wrote in their journals every day and then 12 students were interviewed at the end of the study. In order to provide triangulation in the study, the teacher also kept a journal and was interviewed. The results were shared in a descriptive narrative that conveyed the experiences of the students throughout the two week study. Significant themes such as fun, participation, helpful, logistics, learning, and Myspace were identified and described from the students' and teacher's point of view. The primary research question was to understand the experience of eighth grade Language Arts students who use Moodle for one unit of study. Secondary research questions were also posed: Do students perceive Moodle to enhance the learning process? Does Moodle sustain a higher interest level? Does Moodle complement onsite learning? Are the logistics of Moodle conducive to learning? The study conveyed the experiences of the eighth grade students which ranged from \

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Brave New Digital Classroom

Brave New Digital Classroom
By:"Robert J. Blake"
Published on 2008 by Georgetown University Press

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Brave New Digital Classroom deftly interweaves results of pedagogical research and descriptions of the most successful computer-assisted language learning (CALL) projects to explore how technology can best be employed in the foreign-language curriculum to assist the second language acquisition process. Directed to all language teachers -- whether at the school or the postsecondary level, with or without prior experience -- this book focuses on how to use new technologies effectively. Blake urges teachers to move beyond a simple functional competence of knowing how to use the tools toward first a critical competence -- realizing what the various tools are good for -- and ultimately a rhetorical competence of knowing how the tools will help transform the learning environment. This book examines the effective use of a range of technologies, from Internet sites through computer-mediated communication such as synchronous chatting and blogs, to distance learning. At the end of each chapter questions and activities demonstrate the interactionist, learner-centered pedagogy Blake espouses. An invaluable reference for experienced researchers and CALL developers as well as those of limited experience, Brave New Digital Classroom is also ideal for graduate-level courses on second language pedagogy. It will also be of interest to department chairs and administrators seeking to develop and evaluate their own CALL programs.

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Coteaching and Other Collaborative Practices in the EFL/ESL Classroom

Coteaching and Other Collaborative Practices in the EFL/ESL Classroom
By:"Andrea Honigsfeld","Maria G. Dove"
Published on 2012-01 by IAP

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[The book] is an extremely rich professional resource, featuring 25 chapter contributions from 50 different educators sharing their understandings of the rationale, processes, benefits, and challenges of collaborative teaching and coteaching. The contributing authors' insights are grounded in their research and experience implementing collaborative practices in a variety of educational contexts, including program administration and teacher preparation for K-12 and adult learners, as well as teaching and research in ESL and EFL settings. The exceptionally broad scope and situated accounts of the collaborative practices featured here are sure to appeal to a wide audience. [publisher's note]

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