• Explain inclusion and discuss its effects in a regular classroom.
• Identify learners who are classified as exceptional and suggest several guidelines for instructing them.
• Name and briefly define several types of disabilities commonly encountered in classrooms.
• Describe some strategies that are generally effective in working with readers who have difficulties.
• Explain some ways to adjust teaching strategies for gifted students.
• Describe the effects of a child's culture on his or her reading achievement.
• Discuss several important features and promising approaches to consider in a reading program for children with cultural or dialectal differences.
• Describe some special needs of bilingual children and ways to meet these needs.