and skill of teachers in handling children with specific learning disability at inclusive school in Thailand and Indonesia.
b. Target of the Second Year Doing partnership with the department of education in Yogyakarta for
socializing and disseminating the outcome of the research on 3 steps of developing teacher’s professionalism lesson study, Teacher’s Group Work in
Core School, Teacher’s Group Work at school level which aims to improve the knowledge, acceptance, and skill of teachers on learning assessment. Then, it
also gives learning accommodation and modification to children with specific learning disability.
1 The most effective model of developing teacher’s professionalism or Professional Learning Community is found so the guide-book of handling
children with specific learning disability is more useful. 2 International publication related to the effective development teacher’s
professionalism to improve knowledge, acceptance, and skill of teacher in handling children with specific learning disability.
c. Target of the Third Year Implementing and disseminating the model and product guide-book.
B. BENEFICIALS OF RESEARCH
The result of the research will be beneficial for: 1. Children with learning disabilities will get more attention and motivation for
learning, so that their achievement learning will increase. 2. The Principals and the teachers get knowledge and experiences for handling children
with learning disabilities through learning accommodation and modification. 3. Sharing knowledge and experiences about handling children with learning
disabilities between the researcher from Chiang Mai University and Yogyakarta State University.
4. The same challenge faced by Indonesia and Thailand on raising the quality of teachers needs tested in-service training so the guide-book will be more useful.
5. Useful for policy-makers and education providers in optimizing the handling of children with learning disabilities
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6. Development of science and technology, especially the Special Education Study Program and the Inclusive Education, as a contribution to develop concepts,
theories, and new procedures in handling child with learning disabilities. 7. Can be used as a reference model of handling children with learning disabilities in
elementary schools, both personalindividual, such as principals, teachers and members of the School Committee; and at the institutional level such as the
Department of Education, Board of Education, and the Non-Government Organization working in the field of education
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CHAPTER 4 RESEARCH METHOD
A. RESEARCH TYPE
This research applies research and development method with main program adopted from model developed by Borg and Gall 2003. This method is selected because
researcher attempts to develop handling model of children with learning disabilities based on learning accommodation and modification. This research and development
consists of 10 phase, which are:
1. Collecting information through: a doing literature review about handling models of children with learning disabilities based on learning accommodation and
modification, b analyzing children with learning disabilities and identifying an initial ability in mathematics and Indonesia language to recognize learning needs of
student, c Identifying knowledge, response and skill of teacher in teaching children with learning disabilities, d exploring the implementation of learning
accommodation and modification nowadays. 2. Collecting information and suggestion from the practitioners and the experts related
to the requirement of learning and learning accommodations and modification for the children with learning disabilities at school;
3. Compiling hypothetical model design which will be applied in learning accommodation and modification program. The design will be in the form of model
and learning accommodation and modification guide book, evaluation system and achievement indicator in the model implementation.
4. Compiling initial draft and products such as handling children with learning disabilities guide book based on learning accommodation and modification
containing substance, procedures, strategies and evaluation systems of accommodation and modification learning activities of children with learning
disabilities. 5. Doing internal validation and initial test limited test of handling model and guide
book of children with learning disabilities based on learning accommodation and modification.
6. Doing revision of model and product based on internal validation result and initial test to perfect the initial hypothetical model, with compiling the draft of handling
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