Standard 6B
Introduction
Education is an ever-changing field, with new teaching methods designed to help meet the needs of all students in the classroom. Changes are needed in the curriculum to help present all topics relevant to the growth of students in school and to better prepare them for the global and diverse world they will be heading into. The major focus of this study will be special education and technology. This research will investigate how techniques and technology can help with inclusion of special education. Special education students from multiple grade levels will be participants in the research to investigate the impact of assistive technology on student learning. The study will include special education students from inner city and suburban schools to ensure a diverse study group.
The Problem
Within the field of special education, the goal is for more inclusion not exclusion of special education students within the regular education classroom. Within this inclusive environment, it is required that educators follow special education students’ IEPs (Individualized Education Plan) and all accommodations and modifications. Can assistive technology help bridge the gap and allow teachers to successfully teach a diverse population of students, addressing their learning styles and special needs?
Research Questions
Education is an ever-changing field, with new teaching methods designed to help meet the needs of all students in the classroom. Changes are needed in the curriculum to help present all topics relevant to the growth of students in school and to better prepare them for the global and diverse world they will be heading into. The major focus of this study will be special education and technology. This research will investigate how techniques and technology can help with inclusion of special education. Special education students from multiple grade levels will be participants in the research to investigate the impact of assistive technology on student learning. The study will include special education students from inner city and suburban schools to ensure a diverse study group.
The Problem
Within the field of special education, the goal is for more inclusion not exclusion of special education students within the regular education classroom. Within this inclusive environment, it is required that educators follow special education students’ IEPs (Individualized Education Plan) and all accommodations and modifications. Can assistive technology help bridge the gap and allow teachers to successfully teach a diverse population of students, addressing their learning styles and special needs?
Research Questions
- What assistive technologies are being used with special education students?
- What assistive technologies are being used for ELL student?
- What assistive technologies are being used for students with reading disabilities?
- Have students been progressing over the two-week study towards there induvial goal set at the beginning of the study? (teachers who have been working with the students will get feedback when trying to set a goal for the student)
- In there a positive or negative correlation with the incorporation of assistive technology within Private and Public schools?
- With students who participate in the study will there be higher rate of success in Private School versus Public School.
- Will the location of the school’s factor in the results of students based on the location of the school inner city versus suburban schools?
- With the aid of new assistive technology will it allow for more inclusion of ELL student & those with a reading disability into the regular education classroom.
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