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Week 5 Special Needs


Studies have shown that by removing the label educators may have on students with disabilities may have a great beneficial effect on the success of such students. During a summer mathematics program, 84 students were taught math lessons and after some time they were all able to achieve much higher scores. Observers were not able to differentiate between the children with disabilities and the students without! Students with disabilities can often contribute many things to the lesson using the different ways that they think. Children with disabilities may think differently however they may understand the same concept. If teachers were able to learn how to teach students who think in a variety of different ways many more students would be given a chance to succeed despite their disability.
Using technology students can express their way of thinking in a conducive way. Being that technology is so versatile many students regardless of their ability can use it to help them learn in a good and interesting way. I order to ensure that our special Ed students learn properly we must give them the correct tools along with the correct method of teaching in order to ensure their success.

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