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Structured Literacy and Typical Literacy Practices: Understanding Differences to Create Instructional Opportunities
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Spear-Swerling, Louise – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2019
Structured Literacy (SL) approaches are often recommended for students with dyslexia and other poor decoders (e.g., International Dyslexia Association, 2017). Examples of SL approaches include the Wilson Reading System (Wilson, 1988), Orton-Gillingham (Gillingham & Stillman, 2014), the Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program (Lindamood &…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities
Ten Ways to Cope with Foreign Language Anxiety.
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Donley, Philip – Mosaic: A Journal for Language Teachers, 1997
Proposes strategies for reducing foreign language anxiety in the classroom: (1) discuss feelings with instructor and other students; (2) relax, exercise, and eat well; (3) prepare for and attend every class; (4) keep foreign language class in perspective; (5) seek opportunities to practice the language and accept errors are a part of the learning…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Communication Apprehension, Error Patterns
Culturally Responsive Assessment for African American Students with Learning and Behavioral Challenges
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Kea, Cathy D.; Campbell-Whatley, Gloria D.; Bratton, Kenya – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2003
Inappropriate assessment procedures result in the misdiagnosis, misidentification, and misplacement of many African American students in special education. This article discusses poor teacher judgment, lack of cultural awareness among teachers, cultural discontinuity between home and school, and bias inherent in current tests used in special…
Descriptors: African American Students, Special Education, Social Bias, Educational Assessment