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Author(s)
Maria S. Panagopoulou
Charilaos Tsihouridis, Athanasia S. Panagopoulou
Alkistis Verevi
Panagiotis Papalexopoulos, Dionisios Vavougios
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DOI:10.17265/2161-623X/2018.04.001
Affiliation(s)
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece
Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece
ABSTRACT
Special education is a
challenging area of education, as traditional instruction strategies need to be
appropriately adjusted to match the individuals’ needs resulting from various
types of learning and other disabilities (LD). Among a range of subjects, the paper focuses on
science education for LD students and it elaborates on two groups of adaptations frequently discussed in the
literature, which involve materials alternative to textbook. We have carried out
a literature review by using
a pool of review articles from the “Bibliography Observatory” database
developed by the University of Thessaly, Greece. We herein present the sum of
the research activity primarily from the past decades (post 1980s), pertaining
to technology assisted adaptations and hands-on activities/laboratory
instruction. This analysis has shown that there is an
increasing research interest in such adaptations both chronologically and most
importantly provides evidence of the advantages these adaptations offer to LD
students.
KEYWORDS
special education, science education, learning disabilities, database, science laboratory, computer technology
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