The Pros and Cons of Mainstreaming

Differences in learning based on abilities, interests, or experiences.

• Learning Diversity
• Learning Styles
• Differentiated Instruction
• Special Education

Preferred methods of absorbing and processing information

• Stereotype
• Learning Styles
• Mainstreaming
• Inclusion

People who learn best if information is presented in a way that they can see

• Self-Paced Learning
• Kinesthetic-Tactile Learners
• Visual Learners
• Auditory Learners

People who learn best by hearing or listening to information

• Visual Learners
• Auditory Learners
• Multiple Intelligences
• Kinesthetic-Tactile Learners

People who learn best by performing hands-on or physical activities

• Auditory Learners
• Multiple Intelligences
• Multiple Intelligence
• Kinesthetic-Tactile Learners

Howard Gardner's theory that individuals have a broad range of types of intelligence, each to a different degree

• Self-Paced Learning
• Multiple Intelligence
• Exceptional Learners
• Learning Styles

Students who are gifted, talented, or have special needs, such as a disability, and need, or can benefit from, programs matched to their abilities and potential

• Exceptional Learners
• Inclusion
• Mainstreaming
• Exceptional Learners

A form of learning that allows students to move to the next learning task as soon as they master the previous one. Students progress at individual rates, rather than as a class

• Pull-Out Programs
• Special Needs
• Self-Paced Learning
• Mainstreaming

Schools designed to emphasize a particular subject area or area of talent and attract qualified students from throughout the school district

• Pull-Out Programs
• Magnet School
• Special Needs`
• Individualized Education Program (IEP)

Programs that allow students to leave the regular classroom for certain periods of the day for additional instruction to meet their particular needs

• Pull-out Programs
• Magnet School
• Multiple Intelligence
• Special Needs