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Assistive Technology - Term Papers

Assistive Technology

The regulations for Public Law (P.L.) 101-476, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), formerly P.L. 94-142, the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA), define a learning disability as a "disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using spoken or written language, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or to do mathematical calculations."
As we move into the Twenty First Century, it is becoming increasingly clear that society will continue to use technology in daily activities. All students, but, particularily those students with learning disabilities, need to be ...

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Researchers and educators today recognize four types of technology: the technology of teaching, medical technology, instructional technology, and (Blackhurst & Cross, 1993):

ˇ The technology of teaching includes systematically
designed procedures and strategies that are applied in
precise ways. They typically include well-defined
objectives; precise instructional procedures based on
the tasks students are required to learn; small, sequenced
units of instruction; a high degree of teacher activity;
high levels of student involvement; liberal use of
reinforcement; and careful monitoring of student
performance. These technologies include direct instruction,
applied behavior analysis, competency-based instruction,
learning strategies, and response prompting.

ˇ Medical technology continues to amaze us, with almost
miraculous surgical procedures and new devices that keep
people alive. For example, new technologies ...

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Added: 9/5/2007 06:12:29 PM
Category: Computers
Type: Premium Paper
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