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Educable child
a child moderately severe mental retardation who is capable of achieving only a limited degree of proficiency in basic learning and who usually must be instructed in a special class
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flexible scheduling
a technique for organizing time more effectively to meet the needs of instruction by dividing the school day into uniform time modules that can be combined to fit a task
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handicapped learner
one who is mentally retarded, hard of hearing, deaf, speech-impaired, visually handicap[ed, seriously disturbed emotionally, crippled, or otherwise health-impaired
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Herbartian method
formal system of presenting subject matter to students by using the five formal steps of preparation, association, presentation, generalization, and application
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Homogeneous grouping
the classification of pupils for the purpose of forming an instructional group with a high degree of similarity in regard to certain factors that affect learning
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Individual Education Program (IEP)
the mechanism through which a handicapped child's special needs are indentified; goals, objectives, and services are outlines; and methods for evaluating progress are delineated
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Individually prescribed instruction (IPI)
individualized instruction in a systematic, step-by-step program based on a carefully selected sequence and a detailed listing of behaviorally stated instructional objectives
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In loco parentis
a term used to describe the implied power of schools to function in place of a parent
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least restrictive environment
the program best suited to meet a handicapped child's special needs while remaining as close as possible to the regular educaitonal program
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magnet schools
specialized schools open to all students in a district, sometimes on a lottery basis
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mainstreaming
a plan by which exceptional children receive special education in the regular classroom as much of the time as possible
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mastery learning
an educational practice in which an individual masters one task before moving on to the next
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