When all is Said and Done, More is Said than Done: Research Examining Constructivist Instruction for Students with Special Needs

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Apps ◽  
Mark Carter
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Constructivist Instruction

When all is Said and Done, More is Said than Done: Research Examining Constructivist Instruction for Students with Special Needs

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Apps ◽  
Mark Carter
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Instructional Interventions ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Regular Classrooms ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Constructivist Instruction ◽  
Constructivist Approaches

AbstractConstructivist literature has become increasingly prominent in the area of special education. The nature of constructivism and its relevance and limitations for students with special needs is discussed, as is the importance of appropriate research in determining the efficacy of instructional interventions. A search of the literature into the efficacy of constructivism for students with special needs in K-12 settings revealed a predominance of descriptive and discussion-based research and very limited experimental research. The limited existing experimental research indicates that constructivist instructional approaches may have circumscribed applications in special education. Specifically, they may be appropriate to applications for students with learning difficulties in areas such as science education. Nevertheless, there are major methodological and interpretative problems that undermine confidence in the existing body of research. These problems include an absence of adequate procedural reliability data, interventions that often involve teaching single or very small groups of students, and conditions that do not approximate regular classrooms. There is also evidence suggesting that constructivist approaches may be inappropriate and ineffective for students with intellectual disabilities. The need for considerable caution and extensive further research in this area is evident, in light of the ready adoption of constructivism in schools and the increase of constructivist literature.

When all is Said and Done, More is Said than Done: Research Examining Constructivist Instruction for Students with Special Needs

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-125
Author(s):  
Mark Apps ◽  
Mark Carter
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Learning Difficulties ◽  
Instructional Interventions ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Regular Classrooms ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Constructivist Instruction ◽  
Constructivist Approaches

AbstractConstructivist literature has become increasingly prominent in the area of special education. The nature of constructivism and its relevance and limitations for students with special needs is discussed, as is the importance of appropriate research in determining the efficacy of instructional interventions. A search of the literature into the efficacy of constructivism for students with special needs in K-12 settings revealed a predominance of descriptive and discussion-based research and very limited experimental research. The limited existing experimental research indicates that constructivist instructional approaches may have circumscribed applications in special education. Specifically, they may be appropriate to applications for students with learning difficulties in areas such as science education. Nevertheless, there are major methodological and interpretative problems that undermine confidence in the existing body of research. These problems include an absence of adequate procedural reliability data, interventions that often involve teaching single or very small groups of students, and conditions that do not approximate regular classrooms. There is also evidence suggesting that constructivist approaches may be inappropriate and ineffective for students with intellectual disabilities. The need for considerable caution and extensive further research in this area is evident, in light of the ready adoption of constructivism in schools and the increase of constructivist literature.

Interventions for Students With Special Needs in Taiwan: A Quantitative Synthesis of Single-Subject Researches

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsinyi Chen ◽  
Li-Yu Hung ◽  
Yu-Huei Huang ◽  
Hsiu-Fen Chen ◽  
Su-Jan Wong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Single Subject ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Quantitative Synthesis

BIMBINGAN PRAKTIK SALAT UNTUK SISWA BERKEBUTUHAN KHUSUS DI SMP

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-59
Author(s):  
Sulfiyah Sulfiyah
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Important Thing ◽  
National Education ◽  
National Education System ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive

Abstract: One of national education aim is to developing student’s potentials in order to become a faithful man. It is based on Republic of Indonesia’s Law Number 20 of 2003 on National Education System, Chapter II Article 3. Islamic Religious Education is one of education that done to create a faithful man. Prayer is one of Islamic Religious Education’s matter should be learned by all Moslem’s students, include students with special needs. Research of prayer practice guidance is an important thing to be done. The important thing should be researched is about prayer practice that taught in the inclusion school. Inclusion school have regular (common) students and special needs students. How the teacher can teach prayer practice for students with special needs in the inclusion school. Once of inclusion school is Junior High Boarding School Putra Harapan. The goal of this research is to explore and to describe about how teacher guides prayer practice for students with special needs in Junior High Boarding School Putra Harapan Purwokerto Banyumas. This research belongs to field research on qualitative descriptive form. The methods of collecting data used by the author are interview, observation and documentation. Meanwhile to analyze of data, it’s done by collecting data, reducing, presenting and verifying data to be valid and reliable report. The findings of this research show that guidance of prayer practice for students with special needs in Junior High Boarding School Putra Harapan done through some ways namely dividing students into two class that regular and inclusion class, establishing guidance of prayer practice program, using musyafahah and demonstration methods. Key words: guidance, prayer practice, students with special needs.

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