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Kormos, Judit; Smith, Anne Margaret – Multilingual Matters, 2012
This book is intended to help language teachers to work effectively and successfully with students who have specific learning differences (SpLD) such as dyslexia. The book takes an inclusive and practical approach to language teaching and encourages teachers to consider the effects that an SpLD could have on a language learner. It suggests…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Language Acquisition, Textbook Content, Learning Disabilities
Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E. – 1984
The use of the "keyword" method as a tool for improving memory in learning disabled students is explained. The keyword method consists of two stages: an acoustical link stage and a stage in which the student is provided with a picture of the keyword interacting with the appropriate response term. The method can be modified for use in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Mnemonics
Neibart, Marilyn – Academic Therapy, 1988
Learning disabled students frequently have difficulty with spelling. A process that develops the student's thinking so that he is able to discover spelling rules for himself encourages him to remember and use them. Rules governing when to double final consonants or drop silent e's illustrate the process. (VW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Metacognition
Haynes, Jacqueline A.; Malouf, David B. – Academic Therapy, 1986
Learning disabled students can make more effective use of computer assisted instruction if they incorporate four metacognitive strategies: (1) awareness of task goals, (2) knowledge of applicable learning strategies, (3) selection of appropriate learning strategies, and (4) self-monitoring. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
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Krustchinsky, Rick; Larner, Nancy – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
Techniques used to teach a class of seven- and eight-year-old learning-disabled students to tell time are described. Students first practiced counting by 1s and 5s around a clock with no hands before being introduced to the differing functions of the minute and hour hands. (VW)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Number Concepts
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Gfeller, Kate E. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1986
Emphasizing use of the mnemonic aid as a tool toward the large educational objective, this article discusses the memory problems of learning disabled students, suggests appropriate selection and use of musical mnemonics, and encourages development of original mnemonics (e.g., using rhythmic speech or writing new lyrics to popular tunes). (JC)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Memory
Quinn, Cathleen E. – Academic Therapy, 1988
Spelling tricks for 35 sight words that can be used by learning disabled or regular classroom students are given. They include replacing silent or confusing letters with pictures to aid visual recall; locating a smaller, more familiar word in the longer word; and rhyming certain letter groups to related words. (VW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Sight Vocabulary
Deshler, Donald D.; And Others – 1980
While most efforts in programing for learning disabled adolescents have been directed to the content of instructional offering, the authors identify procedures to promote acquisition and generalization of skills. Exemplified within a learning strategies model, the procedures outlined here stress acquisition of specific strategies through learning…
Descriptors: Generalization, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Mainstreaming
Dangel, Harry L. – Academic Therapy, 1988
Teachers can increase the written production of learning disabled students by using mnemonic strategies when planning and teaching written expression skills. The STARS (Structure Talking Assistance Reinforcement Self-Management) procedure is designed to provide the motivational remediation that encourages students with limited writing skills to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Metacognition
Weiss, Helen; Weiss, Martin – Academic Therapy, 1988
The article reviews theories of learning (e.g., stimulus-response, trial and error, operant conditioning, cognitive), considers the role of motivation, and summarizes nine research-supported rules of effective learning. Suggestions are applied to teaching learning strategies to learning-disabled students. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories
Reid, Robert; Lienemann, Torri Ortiz – Guilford Publications, 2006
Practical and accessible, this book provides the first step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, which has been shown to be one of the most effective instructional techniques for students with learning problems. Presented are proven strategies that students can use to improve their self-regulated learning, study skills, and performance…
Descriptors: Written Language, Study Skills, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities
D'Antoni, Alice; And Others – 1984
The paper presents four learning strategy techniques--the SQ3R method of study, the Multipass Strategy, the Advanced Study Guide Technique, and Cognitive Mapping--for use with secondary level learning disabled students. The SQ3R method involves the five steps of survey, question, read, recite, and review. An adaption of the SQ3R method, the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Lowenthal, Barbara – Academic Therapy, 1986
Methods are suggested to stimulate learning disabled children to develop the metacognitive skills of: (1) reflecting on what they already know, (2) devising a plan for attacking the problem, (3) monitoring progress, and (4) evaluating the outcome of the plan. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Metacognition
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Borkowski, John G. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
A metacognition model that can help understand general problem-solving deficits in learning disabled students is presented. Two components of metacognition are highlighted: executive processes and attributional beliefs. An educational package combining these components with specific strategy training is illustrated as an approach to improving…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Classroom Techniques, Generalization, Learning Disabilities
Ellis, Edwin S.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1989
Procedures for teaching learning strategies to postsecondary students are described and methods for integrating them into the college curriculum are discussed. Recent research on the effectiveness of college learning strategy instruction is also reviewed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Curriculum, College Students, Educational Research
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