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Math Peer Tutoring for Students with Specific Learning Disabilities.
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Miller, April D.; And Others – LD Forum, 1996
Reasons to use students as tutors to teach mathematics to students with specific learning disabilities are discussed. Descriptions of types of tutoring and training procedures for tutors are included. A guide for implementing math peer tutoring is provided, including procedures for getting ready, running the program, and enrichment and extension.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction
Response to Intervention: A Practical Guide for Every Teacher
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Bender, William N.; Shores, Cara – Corwin Press, 2007
As a result of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation and the reauthorization of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004, Response to Intervention (RTI) is now a mandated process for documenting the existence or nonexistence of a learning disability. For educators new to the RTI approach, this text presents an overview of key…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Federal Legislation, Intervention, Needs Assessment
Functional Mathematics Instruction to Prepare Students for Adulthood.
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Dunn, Caroline; Rabren, Karen – LD Forum, 1996
The need to teach functional mathematics to students with learning disabilities to prepare them for independent living is explored. The article discusses questions teachers should ask themselves in reviewing their mathematics curricula, ways to implement a functional math curriculum, and the application of mathematics skills to life-centered…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Educational Strategies
Skills for Living. A Curriculum Framework for Young People in Further Education with Moderate Learning Difficulties. A Special Needs Document.
Further Education Curriculum Review and Development Unit, London (England). – 1982
This document suggests a curriculum framework to assist teachers, college managers, advisors, and others interested in extending curriculum development and implementation for young people (aged 16 to 19) in further education with moderate learning difficulties. The need for this report is outlined, and the target group is defined. A framework is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Coping, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
High Tech Center. Vocational Education Resource Package.
Evaluation and Training Inst., Los Angeles, CA. – 1991
This Vocational Education Resource Package (VERP) was developed to provide materials useful in replicating an exemplary vocational education program for special student populations in the California Community Colleges. This VERP provides information on the High Tech Center for disabled students. Part I is a general overview of the VERP project,…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Community Colleges, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
A Program That Integrates Perceptual Training with Reading and Arithmetic.
Piatt, Corinne Z. – 1980
A program for underachieving elementary school students with perceptual deficits was designed to integrate perceptual training into a "pullout" remedial program for non-public schools in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (exclusive of the City of Pittsburgh). One-hundred children in grades two through eight and 10 remedial teachers participated in…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Formative Evaluation