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Jaciw, Andrew P.; Zacamy, Jenna; D'Apice, Hannah; Lin, Li; Kwong, Connie; Schellinger, Adam M. – Empirical Education Inc., 2019
Empirical Education Inc. is the independent evaluator of SRI International's 2014 Investing in Innovation (i3) Development grant called Redesigning Secondary Courses to Improve Academic Outcomes for Adolescents with Disabilities and Other Underperforming Adolescents. The goal of the grant is to develop "Enhanced Units" that combine…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Adolescents, Students with Disabilities, Underachievement
Baïdak, Nathalie; Balcon, Marie-Pascale; Motiejunaite, Akvile – Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency, European Commission, 2017
Linguistic diversity is part of Europe's DNA. It embraces not only the official languages of Member States, but also the regional and/or minority languages spoken for centuries on European territory, as well as the languages brought by the various waves of migrants. The coexistence of this variety of languages constitutes an asset, but it is also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Course Selection (Students), Teacher Qualifications
Taymans, Juliana M.; Swanson, H. Lee; Schwarz, Robin L.; Gregg, Noel; Hock, Michael; Gerber, Paul J. – National Institute for Literacy, 2009
Findings from "Learning to Achieve: A Review of the Research Literature on Serving Adults With Learning Disabilities" will inform a new professional development program to be offered to practitioners and others working with adults with learning disabilities (LD). The six topics covered in the review--assessment, English language learners,…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Literature Reviews, English (Second Language)
Schumaker, Jean B.; And Others – 1981
Error Monitoring, a learning strategy designed to enable a student to detect and correct errors in written products, was taught to nine learning disabled (LD) adolescents. The instructional procedure involved an 11 step process including such procedures as describing the steps of the strategy, modeling the strategy, and student practice to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Schumaker, Jean B.; And Others – 1981
Multipass, a complex learning strategy designed to enable a student to gain information from textbook chapters, was taught to eight learning disabled adolescents. The instructional procedures involved a 10 step process including such procedures as describing the steps of the strategy, modeling the strategy, and student practice to criterion in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Secondary Education
Alt, Martha Naomi; Choy, Susan P. – 2000
Prompted by widely held concerns about middle schools' academic rigor and the effectiveness of activities designed to help early adolescents develop in non-academic realms, many middle school educators have renewed efforts to develop curricula and instructional strategies that challenge students academically and expand their intellectual…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques