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Susan De La Paz; Cameron Butler; Daniel M. Levin; Mark K. Felton – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2024
Writing in science can be challenging for all learners, and it is especially so for students with cognitive or language-based learning difficulties. We examined the effects of a cognitive apprenticeship on student disciplinary writing skills as well as near and far transfer of learning outcomes. This instructional approach included a gradual…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Mammarella, Irene Cristina; Lucangeli, Daniela; Cornoldi, Cesare – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
Visuospatial working memory and its involvement in arithmetic were examined in two groups of 7- to 11-year-olds: one comprising children described by teachers as displaying symptoms of nonverbal learning difficulties (N = 21), the other a control group without learning disabilities (N = 21). The two groups were matched for verbal abilities, age,…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Nonverbal Learning