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Learning-Disabilities and Elementary Schools

This research design proposes to determine the most effective classroom environment for elementary-school students with learning disabilities by comparing three different classroom environments: Self-contained special education, an inclusive traditional classroom, and an inclusive constructivist classroom.

Introduction and Philosophy of Inclusion

One of the most important beliefs of our democracy is that every child raised in the United States deserves an appropriate education, for only through such an education is it likely that each individual will be able to realize his or her potential. The ideal for every student in every classroom is that each child should be helped by the school system to go as far as possible. And yet despite the common acknowledgement that our schools should give a good education to each student, all too often such an education remains an out of the reach students with special needs. This paper proposes a research project that will investigate strategies that can be successfully used to improve academic achievement, behavior, and social skills among elementary students with learning disabilities. The purpose of this proposed research is to determine the ways in which schools can use their limited resources to meet the needs of exceptional students who are currently often ill-served by current school systems.

Much of the research that has been conducted on learning disabilities groups together students' by particular learning disability. This makes good intuitive sense because there are similarities in the problems faced by all children with (for example) dyslexia. However, it may well be more profitable to consider the effects of the general classroom environment when considering how best to meet the needs of children with learning disabilities. This research proposes to do just that, examining how children with different types of learning disabilities fare in self-contained special education classro...

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