Short Answer Questions: Factors Impacting Special Educations Class

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Question One

Elements impacting the effectiveness of instructional environments include safety, engagement, connectedness, and support. Before special education students can achieve academic excellence, they must be safe both mentally and physically. There are certain physical efforts that produce a negative influence on students. The components of safety include mental and physical safety. Mental safety involves scenarios that entail respect, support, and a feeling of welcome. Taking students out of classes, expulsions, and suspensions adversely affect their academic performances. The other element that impacts the effectiveness of the instructional environment is engagement. Personalized learning serves as an instructional approach that has the ability to improved student engagement.  Adopting a student-centered approach to learning builds instruction to students’ unique, thereby engaging them to challenge for standard-based academic content. With personalized learning, students can develop skills like critical thinking and the ability...