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My Human Development class at ed school uses the book, "Educational Psychology" by Ormrod. It says that students with learning disabilities or ADHD "may lack some of the basic concepts and skills that their nondisabled peers have already acquired and so need individualized instruction and practice to fill in the gaps."
So far so good, but fasten your seat belts:
"Many theorists suggest that one or another form of direct instruction, whereby students are specifically taught the things they need to learn, can be especially effective."
What a novel concept! Teach students the things they need to learn. What does this say about how the students are taught who aren't learning disabled or ADHD?
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I'm telling you...when the history of special ed in the 2nd half of the twentieth century is written we're going to find that part of the huge uptick in diagnoses was caused by the fact that you have to be in special ed to be guaranteed direct instruction.
(Direct instruction and a "soft" entitlement to learn.)
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this thread doesn't make sense, now, does it....
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What does this say about how the students are taught who aren't learning disabled or ADHD?
They aren't taught; they construct their own knowledge?
LOL!
Now that is good stuff, Ms. Johnson!
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