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Selecting Approaches to Vocabulary Instruction for the Reading Disabled.
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Carlisle, Joanne F. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This article compares four theories relating vocabulary knowledge to reading comprehension and applies these theories to vocabulary development instructional approaches for various types of students with problems in reading comprehension. The four theories are the instrumentalist hypothesis, the aptitude hypothesis, the access hypothesis, and the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Learning Disabilities, Learning Theories
Accommodating Diversity through Peabody Classwide Peer Tutoring.
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Mathes, Patricia G.; And Others – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1995
The use of the Peabody Classwide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) method to accommodate diverse learners, in conjunction with curriculum-based measurement (CBM), is discussed. Peabody CWPT activities and CBM use in reading are addressed, and a case study illustrates how Peabody CWPT can be adapted based on CBM data. (SW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Based Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Teaching Students to Read through Their Individual Learning Styles.
Carbo, Marie; And Others – 1986
Designed to assist parents, classroom teachers, reading specialists, and special educators, this book describes effective reading programs that promote reading success and achievement for children at all reading levels. The 10 chapters of the book are as follows: (1) "Preventing Reading Failure and Increasing Reading Achievement through Learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Learning Processes