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Mohamad Ahmad Saleem Khasawneh – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2024
Increasing phonological awareness of children with special needs is of vital importance, as it helps them to face different problems they face. Therefore, this study assessed the efficacy of implementing an instructional program to raise phonological awareness in improving the phonetic sequential-memorisation ability of students with learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Grade 3
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Margaret M. Flores; Vanessa M. Hinton; Kelly B. Schweck – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the concrete-representational-abstract--integrated (CRA-I) sequence on students with learning disabilities' performance when learning fraction and decimal concepts. Three elementary-level students in Grades 4 and 6 participated in a single-case multiple probe across behaviors study. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 6, Students with Disabilities
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Nelson, Gena; Hunt, Jessica H.; Martin, Kristi; Patterson, Blain; Khounmeuang, Andy – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2022
The purpose of this systematic review was to examine the effectiveness of proportional reasoning interventions for students with learning disabilities (LD) or mathematics difficulty (MD). We evaluated fifth to ninth grade interventions on proportional reasoning content, instructional features, and disability and difficulty identification. The nine…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematical Concepts
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Sarah Abdullah Nasser Alkathiri; Salaheldin Farah Attallah Bakhiet; Edward Dutton – Cogent Education, 2024
The importance of programs that develop the thinking skills of students has been emphasized by many educational researchers. However, the majority of these studies have focused on developing these skills of gifted students and of students in public schools. Few have focused on developing and strengthening such skills in students with learning…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Skill Development
Ben Clarke; Nancy J. Nelson; Leanne Ketterlin Geller; Derek Kosty; Keith Smolkowski; Taylor Lesner; David Furjanic; Hank Fien – Grantee Submission, 2022
This pilot study examined the promise of a Tier 2 sixth grade intervention program for students at-risk for difficulties in mathematics. The study utilized a quasi-experimental design. The final sample included 112 students in treatment (Promoting Algebra Readiness) and 86 students in control (standard district practice) conditions. The Promoting…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, At Risk Students
Ben Clarke; Nancy J. Nelson; Leanne Ketterlin Geller; Derek Kosty; Keith Smolkowski; Taylor Lesner; David Furjanic; Hank Fien – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2022
This pilot study examined the promise of a Tier 2 Grade 6 intervention program for students at risk for difficulties in mathematics. The study utilized a quasi-experimental design. The final sample included 112 students in treatment (Promoting Algebra Readiness) and 86 students in control (standard district practice) conditions. The Promoting…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Fractions, Mathematics Instruction, At Risk Students
Campobasso, Antigone G. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study is to determine if there was a difference in the level of student achievement among sixth-grade students who were eligible for entitlement services under Individuals Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) who received instruction using technology assisted techniques versus those who…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Suburban Schools
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Armstrong, Alayne – Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2022
In recent years, the use of personal electronic devices has become widespread in Canadian society, and many Canadian schools are adopting "bring your own device" policies. This exploratory research investigates the technological practices of middle years students with mathematics learning disabilities who use personal electronic devices…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Learning Disabilities
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Al-Hroub, Anies; Whitebread, David – Roeper Review, 2019
The purpose of this research was to investigate the utility of dynamic assessment (DA) in identifying a group of "twice-exceptional students" who exhibited mathematical giftedness and specific learning disabilities (MG/LDs). A quantitative method was applied by a multidisciplinary team to identify 30 students (16 girls and 14 boys) in…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Academically Gifted, Learning Disabilities, Grade 5
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Siam, Karam; Al-Natour, Mayada – International Education Studies, 2016
This study aimed to identify the differentiated instruction practices used by Jordanian teachers and the challenges they faced when teaching students with learning disabilities in Amman. The sample of the study consisted of 194 teachers. It followed a mixed method design and consisted of two parts. First, a quantitative analysis of a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Barriers
O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Beach, Kristen D.; Sanchez, Victoria M.; Kim, Joyce J.; Knight Teague, Kerri; Orozco, Guadalupe; Jones, Brian T. – Grantee Submission, 2019
Adolescents with disabilities have great difficulty with academic content in middle school, and their teachers have difficulty teaching them to understand and use academic language. We taught teachers of 6th grade students with Learning Disabilities, over half of whom were also English Language Learners (ELL), to implement about 15 minutes of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English Language Learners, Grade 6, English for Academic Purposes
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Milton, Jessica H.; Flores, Margaret M.; Moore, Alexcia J.; Taylor, Ja'Lia J.; Burton, Megan E. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2019
To meet increasingly complex mathematics standards in late elementary school, students must conceptually understand and be fluent in the operations of multiplication and division. This includes understanding the operations' inverse relation. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of alternating concrete-representational-abstract…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Arithmetic, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics
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Evmenova, Anya S.; Regan, Kelley; Ahn, Soo Y.; Good, Kevin – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2020
Various technology-based interventions exist to support writing for students with learning disabilities (LD). However, it is not enough to simply provide access to technology. How it is implemented by teachers may affect student outcomes. In this study, three special education teachers used a technology-based graphic organizer (TBGO) with embedded…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Writing Instruction
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Firat, Tahsin; Ergul, Cevriye – Educational Research Quarterly, 2019
One of the main reasons why students with learning disabilities have difficulty in reading comprehension is their inability to have metacognitive skills such as planning, monitoring and evaluating their reading performance. In this context, the study aimed to investigate the effects of the TWA strategy ["Think Before Reading, Think While…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities
O'Connor, Rollanda E.; Sanchez, Victoria M.; Jones, Brian T.; Suchlit, Luisana; Youkhanna, Valencia; Beach, Kristen D.; Widaman, Keith – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
In this multi-year study, we taught English/Language Arts teachers of students with learning disabilities in middle school to incorporate 15 min of daily vocabulary activities with students in their intact special education English/Language Arts classes. During Year 1, teachers taught 48 words to their sixth grade students, who learned and…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Middle School Students, English, Language Arts
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