Keywords: Special education, lingual learning difficulties, learning strategies

Read2 is a special education course, which focuses on lingual learning difficulties, fostering learn to learn -skills, and learning strategies. The course was carried out in upper secondary school with one special education teacher and 10 students who all had difficulties related to language learning, either because of specific (diagnosed) reading difficulties, inappropriate learning strategies or/and lack of motivation.

Posted by Marjaana Rahikainen at 19/05/2003

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Keywords: Special education, reading and writing skills, learning strategies

The course was recommended for students having learning difficulties in reading, writing, foreign languages, or mathematics. Further, the participating students should have had motivation to be ready to practice efficient learning strategies from their personal point of view.

Posted by Marjaana Rahikainen at 19/05/2003

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Keywords: culture, art

Three teachers organized a course to which 20 ninth grade students were selected from students who had showed interest to this kind of course. The Finnish language and communication lessons were covered during the project as well as geography, religion, biology, and ICT, depending on students individual study plans. The goal of the project was to provide students deepening and experience-based information about performance and art.

Posted by Marjaana Rahikainen at 19/05/2003

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