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Peer reviewedNierstheimer, Susan L. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2002
Describes the experiences of an undergraduate student in a reading methods course during her practicum of tutoring a young child with reading difficulties. Discusses how she finally found a motivational tool that repeatedly engaged the child--tape recording the child as he read a predictable book and playing the tape back for the child to listen…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Design, Kindergarten, Primary Education
Peer reviewedZutell, Jerry – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1998
Presents an approach to word study instruction, wordsorting, based on recent spelling research. Reviews research that support the conceptual and developmental nature of learning to spell. Presents a conceptual framework consistent with research findings. Explains variations in word sorting activities, describes basic components and extensions, and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Difficulties
Peer reviewedRichards, Janet C.; Gipe, Joan P. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2000
Describes 3 reading comprehension games that can be realistically implemented in mainstream settings for young students. Suggests the games provide opportunities for students with varied literacy abilities to work together, respond to story characters, develop awareness about the parts of typical stories and the relationships among those parts,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Evaluation Methods, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedBoyd, Fenice B. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2000
Discusses the Cross-Aged Literacy Program as a mediational agent to assist adolescents who struggle with reading, writing and schooling. Notes that the procedures and activities enable ninth-grade students to take the responsibility for the learning of younger children and thus themselves. (SG)
Descriptors: Black Students, Grade 9, Intergenerational Programs, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedSearfoss, Lyndon W. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1994
Describes alternative assessment approaches that provide important information about students with reading difficulties. Criticizes the medical or diagnostic/prescriptive approach to diagnosis. Presents a four-step diagnostic process derived from the holistic/wellness model. (HB)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Holistic Approach
Peer reviewedPressley, Michael; And Others – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1994
Describes a comprehension strategies instruction program called Students Achieving Independent Learning (SAIL). Relates the program to reader response and transactional theories of reading. Shows how the program works in one school system. Compares SAIL with basal series instruction programs. (HB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Epistemology
Peer reviewedThomas, Karen F.; Barksdale-Ladd, Mary Alice – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1994
Outlines the potential for using whole language for remediation of reading disabilities. Criticizes current approaches to remediation. Discusses six principles of whole language instruction that are effective for remediation. Describes four whole-language programs that have successfully remediated students. Suggests alternative assessment…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Higher Education, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedBean, Rita M.; And Others – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1994
Describes a full-time mainstreaming program that was recently implemented in a public elementary school. Discusses the changes in the role of the special education teachers participating in the program and how they perceived those changes. (HB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mainstreaming, Program Descriptions, Reading Instruction
