Similarly, the diversity and respect for differences emphasis, is meant to make low achieving students (for whatever reason) less intimidated by others in the classroom. They need to see that they are being respected in the same fashion as anyone else. Regardless of the students and their achievement levels, they need to be motivated to learn. Teachers need to develop high-achieving learning environments for all students, where the most advanced curriculum and instruction techniques support learning and can be achieved in a scaffolding fashion. In high-achieving learning environments, teachers encourage students to think out of the box and participate in problem solving and the exploration of new ideas and issues, which are based on the variety of student intelligences, culture, experiences, and knowledge. Low-achieving students, especially require environments that include them in hands-on tasks and provide them significant opportunities to develop knowledge. The educator Benjamin Bloom's work emphasized the educators' unrealized potential to help each student achieve at high levels. There were those who considered his thoughts overly optimistic. However,...

He continually stressed the powerful impact of social, demographic, and economic factors on educational outcomes, and instead of describing what is typical, he wanted to determine what is possible. His efforts targeted issues that educators can control and change to provide highly favorable learning conditions for all students
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Olson, J. And Platt, J. (2000). The Instructional Cycle. Teaching Children and Adolescents with Special Needs. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Raymond, E. (2000). Cognitive Characteristics. Learners with Mild Disabilities.. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, a Pearson Education Company