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Teaching Children with Learning Disabilities Teaching learners with disabilities is a daunting task for educators. Teachers must begin with understanding the different types of disabilities. Some children have trouble in reading properly (dyslexia), other children have trouble in math reasoning (dyscalculia), while others are unable to identify and use correct language structure (dysgraphia). Other learning disabilities include inability to see and hear.  All these disabilities present learners with difficulties in reading, calculating, speech, and interpersonal skills. Learners with learning disabilities have problem in organizing time and are thus unable to finish their work at the same rate with learners with no learning disabilities. If the teacher is fast, learners with disability will absorb and retain very little information.  Their comprehension and retrieval of information is low and teachers have to devise and employ appropriate strategies. A simplified...

All professionals working in a school can work to prevent high school dropouts, teachers have a unique ability to reach individual students on a more personal level. Unfortunately, many teachers don’t know how to help prevent students from dropping out. There are some effective strategies that teachers can use to improve retention rates and encourage their students to stay in school until graduation.These include - paying individual attention ; encouraging students to study ; providing them support ; making the teaching learning process intresting ; etc .

 Characteristics of good measuring instrument:       RELIBILITY RELIBILITY - is the consistency of your measurement, or the degree to which an instrument measures the same way each time it is used under the same condition with the same subjects. In short, it is the repeatability of your measurement. A measure is considered reliable if a person's score on the same test given twice is similar. It is important to remember that reliability is not measured, it is estimated. A good instrument will produce consistent scores. An instrument’s reliability is estimated using a correlation coefficient of one type or another. VALIDITY VALIDITY - Validity is the extent to which a test measures what it claims to measure. It is vital for a test to be valid in order for the results to be accurately applied and interpreted. Validity isn’t determined by a single statistic, but by a body of research that demonstrates the relationship between the test and the behavior it is inten...

 Inclusive education can  promote successful learning in the following ways- 1. Children develop a positive understanding of themselves and others. When children attend classes that reflect the similarities and differences of people in the real world, they learn to appreciate diversity. Respect and understanding grow when children of differing abilities and cultures play and learn together. 2. Friendships develop. Schools are important places for children to develop friendships and learn social skills. Children with and without disabilities learn with and from each other in inclusive classes. 3. Children learn important academic skills. In inclusive classrooms, children with and without disabilities are expected to learn to read, write and do math. With higher expectations and good instruction children with disabilities learn academic skills. 4. All children learn by being together. Because the philosophy of inclusive education is aimed at helping all ...

                Tips on Studying for Exams Studying efficiently requires you to organise your time and resources. The following are general guidelines to help you prepare for exams. Find out the kinds of exams you will be sitting Different types of exams require different study strategies. Here are some tips: Essay exams These usually focus closely on a couple of topics, so if you are sitting an exam that requires answers in essay form, find out how many questions you have to answer so you can focus your study. For example, if you have to answer four questions, select and study four topics in detail plus one extra. Multiple choice exams Multiple Choice exams usually involve a broad overview of a course, so tend to cover lecture and tutorial material. Use the course outline as a framework for study and to identify the main themes and concepts. Open book exams One of the biggest myths about Open Book exams is that you don't need t...