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Peer reviewedScott, Mary E. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
Understanding learning strategies used by gifted students can help teachers improve effectiveness in all learners. Six traits common among the gifted and modifiable in students with learning difficulties include (1) superior concentration skills; (2) field independence; (3) reflection; (4) internal locus of control; (5) active learning; and (6)…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Hymowitz, Ellen; Daar, Lisa – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1988
Therapeutic games were invented or adapted to assist in counseling deaf children with emotional or behavioral difficulties. The games dealt with assertiveness, giving/receiving compliments, problem-solving, being a friend, self-control, and paying attention. The games helped in overcoming: negative attitudes toward counseling, communication…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Attention Control, Behavior Problems, Childrens Games
Williamson, G. Gordon; Anzalone, Marie E. – 2001
Some children require a great deal of assistance to overcome difficulties in taking in and responding to information from their senses, and to achieve the levels of self-regulation they need to interact with and explore the world around them. This monograph, targeted to a wide array of disciplines from the medical, therapeutic, educational, mental…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Arousal Patterns, Attention Control, Behavior Patterns
