Attitudes of Secondary School Students toward the Inclusion of Peers with Borderline Intelligence Prior and After the Application of a Recreation Program
Abstract The purpose of the study was to compare the attitudes of students without disabilities regarding the inclusion of students with borderline intelligence in their class during a recreation activity and to examine their opinions concerning the adaptations of recreation activity required for the successful participation of students with mild learning difficulties. The sample consisted of 79 secondary school students (43 boys and 36 girls) separated in two groups (experimental and control). The research included a pre-intervention phase for the familiarization of five students with borderline intelligence in softball activity that represented the main activity of the research. During the intervention phase, the students of the experimental group and their colleagues with disabilities participated together in softball with all the necessary adaptations. The students of the control group didn’t participate in the activity and generally they did not come in contact with the students with disabilities. Prior