Often students with intense education needs or students with low incidents disabilities living in rural areas are served in more restrictive environments such as: out of district residential placement; home-bound instruction; or in isolated, one-on-one tutoring (Zeph,1991). Mastery learning is now being used in many rural schools throughout the midwest to facilitate the inclusion of students with intense educational needs into the regular classroom. The case of Stephanie, a rural South Dakota girl with Down Syndrome, verifies the success of mastery learning as a viable model for inclusion.
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