Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText This access code card provides access to the new Enhanced Pearson eText, a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features: NEW! Video Models of Teaching Techniques use video examples to update and enhance the techniques described in the Responsive Instruction. (See pages 61 and 223 - linked to the word video, second column near the bottom.) NEW! Check Your Understanding of chapter content. Exercisesmatched to chapter learning outcomes help readers apply the concepts and ensure that they master the learning outcomes. Exercises and suggested feedback are provided in the Pearson eText. (See pages 19, 63, and 347 for examples.) NEW! Up Close With . over 200 electronic links to videos and websites of key concepts, recent scientific discoveries, human-interest stories, cutting edge technologies, and teaching techniques let students delve deeper into the content by linking directly to research and related content, such as teaching methods.
A minimum of 10 links appear in each chapter and the information found on the internet has been vetted for quality. (See pages 6, 72, and 215 for examples.) Students can experience the advantages of the Enhanced Pearson eText for 40% to 65% less than a print bound book! Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks to register for your digital examination copy. Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks. Additional text features include: Opportunities to make the connections between the concepts in the text, and the real world of the classroom: People connections, classroom connections, and field connections. People Connections: Peer Connections , based on interviews with individuals with a disability between the ages of 18-25, give students a better understanding of exceptionality as they read about the lives of exceptional learners who are young adults.
Success Stories of Special Educators at Work in a variety of settings-from general education classrooms to residential institutions-shows professionals involved in teaching, counseling, collaborating, and consulting. Personal Perspectives present the human side of having a disability, within a variety of real-world contexts, while expanding on text topics to show how they relate to the personal lives of students, teachers, parents, and all people. Classroom Connections: Responsive Instruction: Meeting the Needs of Students boxed features demonstrate a variety of sound, research-based strategies for teaching students with disabilities-valuable, practical suggestions for meeting the needs of exceptional learners through intensive instruction. Making It Work: Collaboration and Co-Teaching features show the importance for all teachers to understand the expertise special educators can contribute to collaborative, general education classrooms. Include is information about knowledge and skills special educators should possess as they enter the field, as identified by CEC, plus examples of research-based instructional practices that teachers can use when collaborating or descriptions of successful collaborations in real classrooms. Field Connections: Focus on Concepts features stimulate critical thinking about current research and special topics of interest to all educators. Misconceptions About Exceptional Learners: Myths and Facts boxes begin each chapter as an excellent advance organizer for the material to be covered. Chapter-Opening Quotes from literature or song help grab students'' attention and lead them into some of the issues contained in the text.
Internet Resources identify websites that provide useful and interesting information relevant to the information in the text. Digital Object Identifiers include electronic addresses where users of the text may find digital copies of articles cited, when addresses are available. The perfect blend of up-to-date research on the hot topics in special education and the classic studies that define the field. A fully interactive, digital format helps students access the book on various readers and/or computers-and link directly to important professional organizations in the field, watch related video material, and read more in-depth discussions about topics. Appropriate for both undergraduates and graduate students: readable and straightforward, while also offering a heavy basis in research providing background in the contemporary knowledge in the field and a foundation on which to build deeper knowledge and understanding. Appropriate for use in both general and special education teacher preparation programs , with topics for including students with disabilities in the general education classroom.