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Holcomb, Tom; Peyton, Joy Kreeft – 1992
Learning to read and write effectively is a challenging task for many adults, particularly for those who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. In spite of concerted efforts by educators to facilitate the development of literacy skills in deaf individuals, most deaf high school graduates read English at roughly a third or fourth grade level as determined by…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Cultural Differences, Deafness
Ford, Donna Y. – 2000
This brief paper offers an overview of strategies, with practical examples, to infuse multicultural content into the curriculum for gifted students. It proposes a framework for multicultural gifted education based on the four levels or approaches of J. Banks and C. Banks and within each approach, the six levels of B. Bloom's taxonomy. The four…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cultural Differences, Curriculum Development, Educational Principles
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, Reston, VA. – 1995
This digest provides basic information on phonological awareness in the process of learning to read for students with learning disabilities. It considers how phonological awareness fits into this process and the special problems experienced by children with learning disabilities or from culturally diverse backgrounds. Suggestions for teaching…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cultural Differences, Decoding (Reading), Difficulty Level
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1994
Research indicates that the instructional conversation (IC), a dialogue between teacher and learner in which prior knowledge and experiences are woven together with new material to build higher understanding, can be an effective method for raising the low academic achievement levels of various groups of Native American students. The IC contrasts…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes
Hornick, Karen – 1986
The teaching of writing to students who speak nonstandard English can be difficult because students' linguistic differences rarely indicate true incompetence, and students' writing problems may result from conflicts between the cultures and language uses at home and school. Factors found to encourage writing improvement are the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Role, Learning Problems
Imel, Susan – 1989
Malcolm Knowles is attributed with developing the most cogent model underlying the assumption that teaching adults should differ from teaching children and adolescents. His andragogical model is based on the premise that adult learning differs from preadult learning. Two studies have examined whether teachers do actually use a different style when…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Age Differences
Schleppegrell, Mary – 1987
Research on adult learning shows that there is no decline in ability to learn as people get older, that except for minor considerations such as hearing and vision loss, the age of the adult learner is not a major factor in language acquisition, and that the context in which adults learn is the major influence on their ability to acquire a new…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Differences, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment
Ziegahn, Linda – 2001
Cultural differences, including the personal cultures of learners and educators and the culture of the larger social-political environment, are relevant to adult learning. Culture includes those values, beliefs, and practices shared by a group of people. Cultures tend to vary along a number of dimensions, and the following dimensions are among…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Duran, Elva – 1991
This digest explains how functional language instruction can be made useful for persons with moderate to severe disabilities who are also culturally and linguistically different. It further explains how vocabulary and cultural information of the Spanish-speaking student can be included in functional language instruction for students who are from…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Van Tassel-Baska, Joyce – 2003
This digest discusses the need for differentiating language arts instruction for gifted students in grades K-8. It begins by describing differentiation approaches, including acceleration, depth, complexity, challenges, and creativity. It then explains how teachers can differentiate the language arts curriculum in the following five areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Schwartz, Wendy – 1999
This digest identifies several common types of nontraditional families and presents a few of their characteristics relevant to their children's education. It also offers some recommendations to help schools provide support for the families to ensure their inclusion in all aspects of schooling. Multiracial families comprise both children whose…
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity, Family Characteristics
Trueba, Enrique T.; Bartolome, Lilia I. – 1997
This digest provides a critique of the various educational strategies that have been used with Latino students and suggests alternatives that may be more successful. Many educators acknowledge that the reasons for the historic academic underachievement of Latino students could be inappropriate cognitive, cultural, and linguistic teaching methods.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Hohensee, Julie Bisson; Derman-Sparks, Louise – 1992
An antibias curriculum seeks to nurture children's potential by addressing issues of diversity and equity in the classroom. Goals of antibias curricula are to foster children's self-identity, interaction with people from diverse backgrounds, critical thinking about bias, and ability to stand up for themselves in the face of bias. The first phase…
Descriptors: Bias, Childhood Attitudes, Class Activities, Classroom Environment
Burnette, Jane – 1999
This digest reviews behaviors and instructional strategies that enable teachers to build stronger teaching/learning relationships with students from culturally diverse backgrounds. Strategies include: (1) appreciate and accommodate the similarities and differences among the students' cultures; (2) build relationships with students; (3) focus on…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
Tomlinson, Carol Ann – 1995
This brief paper summarizes guidelines for adapting instruction for advanced learners in inclusive, mixed-ability middle school classrooms. A rationale for differentiating instruction is followed by consideration of what differentiation is and is not. Characteristics of a differentiated class are enumerated, including: instruction is concept…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum, Educational Strategies
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