Designing a Database of Research Papers Focused on Teaching Science to Students with Learning Disabilities

Authors

  • George Kaliampos University of Thessaly
  • Alkistis Verevi Academy of Athens, Greece
  • Athanasia Panagopoulou University of Thessaly
  • Panagiotis Papalexopoulos University of Thessaly
  • Denis Vavougios University of Thessaly

Keywords:

Learning Disabilities, Science Education, Research Paper, Bibliography Database

Abstract

The Department of Special Education at the University of Thessaly is in the process of setting up a scientific database called “Bibliography Observatoryâ€.  This database will collect and process scientific publications focused on teaching science to students with learning disabilities, in order to promote Special Education research and improve the existing teaching strategies. In this study, we present the pipeline of collecting and processing the research papers of interest as well as any statistical data accumulated up to now.

Author Biographies

George Kaliampos, University of Thessaly

Department os Special Education, PhD student

Alkistis Verevi, Academy of Athens, Greece

Research Centre for Greek Society, Research Associate

Athanasia Panagopoulou, University of Thessaly

Department os Special Education, Special Education Teacher

Panagiotis Papalexopoulos, University of Thessaly

Department os Special Education, Postdoc Researcher

Denis Vavougios, University of Thessaly

Department os Special Education,Professor

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2017-06-15

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Kaliampos, G., Verevi, A., Panagopoulou, A., Papalexopoulos, P., & Vavougios, D. (2017). Designing a Database of Research Papers Focused on Teaching Science to Students with Learning Disabilities. Asian Journal of Education and E-Learning, 5(3). Retrieved from https://ajouronline.com/index.php/AJEEL/article/view/4673

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