Date Approved

2009

Degree Type

Open Access Senior Honors Thesis

Department or School

Special Education

Abstract

Today’s teachers are asked to educate ALL students using research-based strategies in inclusive classrooms. The following review will include three research based instructional strategies and one teaching model all of which are elements that can increase the success of students at risk for learning problems. Instructional strategies explored in this review are class-wide peer tutoring, direct instruction and the behavioral strategy of self-monitoring. The teaching model is known as co-teaching, a model which is becoming the norm in schools in southeast Michigan. It is hypothesized that concrete knowledge of research based instructional methods that can be used in co-teaching situations may reduce rates of teacher frustration and attrition, and will improve academic and behavioral performance of students in a variety of settings.

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