The experimental research of Philippe Tremblay in the article Comparative outcomes of two instructional models for students with learning disabilities: inclusion with co-teaching and solo-taught special education, compares the impact of inclusion and co-teaching environments (2013). The article defines five different types of interactions between a special education teacher, and a general education teacher can exhibit. Tremblay describes these interactions to include supporting the teacher, parallel teaching, station teaching, alternative teaching, and team teaching. For this experiment, Tremblay included a total of 353 students in grade 1 and grade 2 over the course of two academic years. Academic tests were used to determine progress before and after teaching strategies were implemented. The inclusion model of instruction proved to impact educational outcomes. …show more content…
Their students are considered Type 8 special education if they have average levels of intelligence but present “difficulties in language or speech development and/or the acquisition of reading, writing, or calculation … requiring specific intervention which regular instruction along cannot provide” (Tremblay, 2013). It is noted that there was an over-representation of boys in both of the groups being tested. Participants were contained within two groups that included the inclusion group and a small group. The inclusion group consisted of a special education teacher and general education teacher within a co-teaching interaction. The second group consisted of a single special education teacher with a small group of students classified as having a learning disability. The obvious difference between the two groups was the amount of time the small group received small group instruction. They also received speech services from a speech