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noun
integration of children with special educational problems, as a physical handicap, into conventional classes and school activities.
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Mainstreaming
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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noun
1.
the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture.
2.
a river having tributaries.
3.
regular school classes or regular schools: keeping autistic students in the mainstream.
adjective
4.
belonging to or characteristic of a principal, dominant, or widely accepted group, movement, style, etc.: mainstream Republicans; a mainstream artist; mainstream media.
5.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of jazz falling historically between Dixieland and modern jazz; specifically, swing music. Compare traditional (def. 4).
verb (used with object)
6.
to send into the mainstream; cause to join the main force, group, etc.: to mainstream young people into the labor force.
7.
to place (students with disabilities) in regular school classes.
verb (used without object)
8.
to join or be placed in the mainstream.
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mainstreaming main·stream·ing (mān'strē'mĭng)
n.
The process of integrating physically or intellectually disadvantaged students into regular school classes.
main'stream' v.
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