Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺東大學 === 特殊教育學系碩士在職專班 === 102 === The purpose of this study was to investigate the condition, attitude, and difficulties that the New Taipei City regular class teachers of elementary schools carried out instructional adaptations for learning disability(LD) students with word recognition difficulties. This study used surveys and a Hsiao-Pu Wang’s made 「Scale of instructional adaptations for learning disability students with word recognition difficulties from the Pingtung Country regular class teachers of elementary schools」as a research tool. 242 teachers working at public elementary schools in New Taipei City. 201 were valid, and the effective collection rate is 83.05%. We conducted frequency distribution, percentage, average, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffé, within-subjects design t-test, and Pearson product-moment correlation. Several important research findings were concluded as follows:
1. Regular class teachers’ implementation level of instructional adaptations is of middle level.
2. Regular class teachers rated the importance of instructional adaptations is of high level.
3. Regular class teachers rated the difficulties of instructional adaptations is middle-to-high.
4. Regular class teachers’ implementation level of instructional adaptations is different by the grade what the teacher teachs. Different background is not different in their importance of instructional adaptations and difficulties of instructional adaptations.
5. For regular class teachers’ implementation of instructional adaptation, the level of implementation is significantly higher than the importance. The level of implementation and the importance were positively related.
6. For regular class teachers’ implementation and importance of instructional adaptation, the level of implementation and the difficulties were not related, the importance and the difficulties were not related, also.
Based on the findings of the study, the suggestions were proposed for educational agencies, teachers, and further studies.
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