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Dennis, Minyi Shih; Sorrells, Audrey McCray; Falcomata, Terry S. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
This study used a multiple probe across participants design, replicated across two interventions and counterbalanced across participant groups to examine the effects of number sense intervention and extensive practice intervention on strategy transformation when students with mathematics learning disabilities (MLD) solved basic fact problems. In…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Grade 2, Problem Solving, Intervention
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Cohen, E. Judith; Brady, Michael P. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2011
This study investigated the effects of a reading intervention that integrated vowel pattern analysis and children's literature on the word decoding performance of second graders with reading disabilities. The intervention evaluated students' abilities to decode a set of training words using 3 common vowel patterns (syllable types), in isolation…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Intervention, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Childrens Literature
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Kaufman, Leah; McLaughlin, T. F.; Derby, K. Mark; Waco, Theresa – Educational Research Quarterly, 2011
The purpose of this study was to study the effect of pairing reading racetracks and flashcards for the teaching of sight words. The first participant was diagnosed with a specific learning disability in reading and writing and was also diagnosed with ADHD. The second participant was diagnosed with a specific learning disability in reading,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Sight Vocabulary, Sight Method, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Fisher, Kristi; Haufe, Theresa – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this action research project was to improve the social skills of eight preschool students and four first grade and second grade students through the use of Social Stories and visual supports to create a more positive learning environment. The teacher researchers wanted to increase the social skills of students who had been diagnosed…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Delayed Speech, Research Projects, Action Research
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Zafiropoulou, Maria; Karmba-Schina, Chryssoula – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2005
This study presents a psycho-educational intervention using cognitive-behavioral techniques to modify and improve thinking strategies as well as facilitate behavioral adjustment and generalization of strategy use in children with learning disabilities attending mainstream schools. One hundred and twenty Greek pupils in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade were…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Attention Control, Foreign Countries