There are several available devices to help students to deal with antecedents and reduce the possibility of frustrations and any related unacceptable behavior occurring in writing and reading. ... Promote Social Behavior A student with behavioral and learning difficulties normally have difficulty when executing or acquiring proper social behavior. Whatever the cause of a social problem, it is recognized that assistive technology can help the children manage behaviors that are associated with social components of classroom activities while learning skills that are deemed to be important (Lahm, ...

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Teachers and students frequently associate academic achievement with social acceptability, therefore, they view students with learning disabilities (or other disabilities for that matter) as less capable, both academically and socially, than non-disabled students, even in areas in which they are improving. ... General educators, especially those teaching within an inclusive environment, need to be more aware of the characteristics of children with disabilities and the nature of their educational, social, and emotional requirements. Increased awareness and attitudinal change on the part of educ...

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This means that one subject (in this case Social Studies) is taught in Spanish, in addition to daily Spanish classes with a separate teacher. ... I also feel it is important to reward positive behavior maintaining an awareness of consequences for negative behavior in the classroom. ... I do this by rewarding behavior on several levels, individual, small group and whole group. ... As a whole group I use free time, added computer time and pizza/ice cream parties as incentives for positive behavior. ... Finally for behavior that is totally unacceptable I send them to the office. ...

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" The amount of out-of-field teaching nationwide "remains unacceptably high, with classes in high-poverty and high-minority schools much more likely to be assigned to a teacher lacking minimal academic qualifications in the subject being taught," the report concluded.... Identifiable standards, they argue, can also greatly reduce the achievement gap-the disparity in educational success between students from different economic and cultural backgrounds that has often been blamed for larger social inequities-as well as improve the quality of public school education overall. ... Some students...

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Empiricism Empiricism, also called positivism, post-positivism, or logical positivism, is based on the assumption that the scientific method is the only proper method for studying human behavior because of its success in the "hard" sciences. ...

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