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with learning disabilities on the success of students is limited in the literature. Thus the aim of the present study is to reveal whether direct instruction is effective in teaching students with mild learning disabilities about concepts of science lessons. It further aims to shed light on other studies thereof in the field. The present study used ‘multiple-probe design with probe sessions’ out of single-subject research and explored effectiveness and efficiency of direct instruction in teaching the subject of solar system to children with learning disabilities in science lesson. The present study was carried out with subjects who benefit from special education services and are diagnosed as ‘student with learning disability’. Data was collected at the end of sessions applied to three students in accordance with multiple-probe design with probe sessionsand data was shown in graphs compliant with this model and they were interpreted according to the aim of this research. Findings of the research are as follows: 1) Direct instruction is effective for all subjects in teaching the subject of solar system in science lesson.2) Findings are observed to be supported by previous studies which examine the effectiveness of direct instruction in teaching students with mild learning disabilities about academic skills.

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