Summary: | 碩士 === 銘傳大學 === 教育研究所碩士在職專班 === 104 === The study aims to design, develop and evaluate a lesson of introduction to learning disabilities for junior-high students.This study mainly adopted the ADDIE instructional design model to develop lessons and materials. The ADDIE model is consisting of five phases: (1) Analysis, (2) Design, (3) Development, (4) Implementation, and (5) Evaluation. The goal of lesson is to assist students to understand the definition and meaning of learning disabilities, decrease misunderstanding of students with learning disabilities and build good relationship with their peers.
This study has employed various research methods, including focus group, interviews, and questionnaires. The main conclusions aresummarized as follows:
1.The results show that most students lack of acceptance for peers with learning disabilities. It is necessary to design and develop an appropriate materials and instructional strategies.
2.The results showed that students improved in this field through formative evaluation. A total sample of 370 junior high school students participated in this study. This study found that students’ post-testwas significantly higher than the pre-test. Most students felt interests in this lesson class and agreed with the essentiality and usability of lessons and materials about learning disabilities.
Finally, we provide researchlimitationsandsuggestionsfor future research.
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