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Ratcliff, Dolores – 1980
Designed for elementary school teachers, the document presents two short puppet plays about children who are different. The first story focuses on a young boy's concerns about being adopted. The second play is about a boy who is learning disabled. The plays, which require only two acting characters, are accompanied by two song lyrics and a list of…
Descriptors: Adoption, Childhood Attitudes, Dramatics, Elementary Education
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Carlisle, Joanne F. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This article compares four theories relating vocabulary knowledge to reading comprehension and applies these theories to vocabulary development instructional approaches for various types of students with problems in reading comprehension. The four theories are the instrumentalist hypothesis, the aptitude hypothesis, the access hypothesis, and the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Learning Disabilities, Learning Theories
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Houston, Linda S. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1994
Describes a student with learning disabilities and how teaching methods emphasizing accommodating the student helped him find success. Illustrates how accommodating for learning differences can result in student success. (HB)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Cultural Differences, English Instruction, Higher Education
Ochoa, Anna S.; Shuster, Susan K. – 1980
A guide is designed for elementary school teachers with handicapped students in their classrooms. Seven sections comprise the document. Section I discusses the implications of mainstreaming for classroom teachers. Discussed are 1) the physical and social isolation of the handicapped students in the 1960s; 2) the impact of Public Law 94-142 which…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Environment, Curriculum, Disabilities
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Freagon, Sharon; And Others – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1995
Maintains that children with disabilities increasingly are attending schools and classrooms they would attend if they did not have disabilities. Reports that educational research indicates little evidence that ability grouping improves academic achievement among these students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Development