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Article: Helping students with learning disabilities succeed: teaching strategies can help students with learning disabilities improve their performance in the science classroom.
- Article from:
- The Science Teacher
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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Students with learning disabilities (LD) frequently take general education science classes because their disabilities are very mild. Sometimes, however, it is difficult for students with LD to succeed in the classes and pass the related high-stakes assessments mandated by No Child Left Behind. In this article, I review the typical LD characteristics that interfere with science instruction and then present classroom modifications that are critical for students with LD and may also be valuable for all students in the class.
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LD characteristics
Although many students with LD have average to very high intelligence, they also ...