Open AccessInclusion Matters! Strategies For Improving Reading And Test Skills Of Special Education Students
Author(s) -
Leonard Jackson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scholar chatter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2692-8426
DOI - 10.47036/sc.2.1.15-31.2021
Subject(s) - inclusion (mineral) , reading (process) , special education , mathematics education , psychology , test (biology) , psychological intervention , set (abstract data type) , learning disability , analysis of variance , intervention (counseling) , general education , medical education , medicine , developmental psychology , computer science , mathematics , statistics , social psychology , paleontology , psychiatry , political science , law , biology , programming language
The purpose of this quantitative retrospective quasi-experimental study was to determine if there was a statistically significant difference between sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade classrooms filled with both general education and special education students (mild to moderate disability) receiving multiple instructional strategies and sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade classrooms filled with general education students receiving only traditional instructional strategies. Students scoring 800 or above met reading standards for the year. Results of the analysis indicated students receiving traditional instructional strategies achieved a mean score of 830. The inclusion students receiving multiple instruction interventions also showed grade-level reading proficiency on the standardized test with a mean score of 818. The researcher focused on the issue to show there are positive outcomes from implementing inclusion. Recommendations involving a reading intervention such as guided reading groups, backwards design planning, and collaborative instruction were noted. A one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) analysis tested significance and two-way ANOVA tested interaction. Both analyses were set at the.05 significance level to interpret the data. Keywords: Special education, General education, Disabilities, Inclusion, CRCT, Standardized Reading Tests.