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Dis/ability as Mediator: Opportunity Encounters in Hybrid Learning Spaces for Emergent Bilinguals with Dis/abilities
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Martínez-Álvarez, Patricia – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background: Though there has been some attention to how emergent bilinguals learn in relation to languages and cultures, very little research to date has examined similar processes in emergent bilinguals with dis/abilities, including how to understand dis/ability as a source of strength. Purpose: In this article, I explore how dis/ability can…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Bilingual Students, Hispanic American Students, Students with Disabilities
Special Education Teachers Descriptions of Selecting and Applying Differentiated Instruction within Self-Contained Classrooms
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Wesley O'hara Little – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how special education teachers describe selecting and applying differentiated instructional strategies for students with mild, moderate, to severe disabilities in self-contained classrooms within a school district in Arizona. Jean Piaget's social constructivism theory and Carol Ann…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Individualized Instruction, Self Contained Classrooms, Teaching Methods
Working Memory Sensitive Math Intervention in Students with Learning Disabilities -- A Single Case Study
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Sarah Schulze; Jan Kuhl – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2024
This study examines the effects of a working memory (WM) sensitive math intervention in students with learning disabilities (LD). The intervention aims to improve early mathematical competencies while accounting for weak cognitive resources through a reduced instructional design. These principles are considered to be effective for learning. Ten…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Short Term Memory, Mathematics Instruction
Reading Skills in Children with Mild to Borderline Intellectual Disability: A Cross-Sectional Study on Second to Eighth Graders
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Di Blasi, F. D.; Buono, S.; Cantagallo, C.; Di Filippo, G.; Zoccolotti, P. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2019
Background: Students with intellectual disabilities (IDs) have various learning difficulties and are at risk for school failure. Large inter-individual differences are described for reading, but it is unclear how these vary as a function of grade. The aim of this study was to examine various reading fluency, accuracy and comprehension parameters…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Children, Mild Intellectual Disability, Elementary School Students
Peer-Mediated Social Skill Instruction for African American Males with or at Risk for Mild Disabilities
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Lo, Ya-yu; Mustian, April L.; Brophy, Alicia; White, Richard B. – Exceptionality, 2011
Disproportionality of African American males in special education and for disciplinary referrals has persisted for several decades. Culturally responsive social skill instruction, designed to teach critical skills and to involve peers from the learners' cultural group, can serve as a means to promote the overall social competence of African…
Descriptors: Mild Disabilities, Disproportionate Representation, Males, Interpersonal Competence
Mild Disability Students and Everyday Mathematics: Serving the Needs of This Population
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Brehe Pixler, Priscilla – ProQuest LLC, 2009
No Child Left Behind requires school districts to demonstrate adequate yearly progress in mathematics for all students, including the sub-population of disabled students. Given that more than 200 Ohio school districts have implemented Everyday Mathematics (EM) to achieve this mandate, districts need to know if this standards-based program meets…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Federal Legislation, Mild Disabilities, Learning Disabilities