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El-Koumy, Abdel Salam A. – Online Submission, 2020
This revised edition updates and expands on the first edition published in 2016. In this revised edition, theories of different types of learning strategies are expanded and more recent studies are added. A large amount of tabular information is also reconstructed in a more meaningful manner. The book is divided into five chapters. Chapter one…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods
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Thomas, Cathy Newman; Van Garderen, Delinda; Scheuermann, Amy; Lee, Eun Ju – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2015
This article provides information about the relationship between mathematics, language, and literacy and describes the difficulties faced by students with disabilities with math content based on the language demands of mathematics. We conceptualize mathematics language as a mode of discourse for math learning that can be thought of as receptive…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
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Honig, Alice Sterling – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
How to help babies and young children right from birth to become competent in talking as well as emergent literacy is illustrated by research findings as well as with specific clinical stories. Both kinds of knowledge can serve to galvanize parents and teachers to increase awareness of infant and preschool language development and the crucial role…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Caregiver Role
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Santoro, Lana Edwards; Baker, Scott K.; Fien, Hank; Smith, Jean Louise M.; Chard, David J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2016
The use of informational texts in the elementary grades provides a context for helping students develop content understanding and domain knowledge across a wide range of subject matter. Reading informational text also provides students with the language of thought, foundational vocabulary that can be connected to other words, and technical content…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Difficulties, Reading Comprehension, Difficulty Level
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Kummerer, Sharon Elizabeth – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2010
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (1996) estimated that 10% of the United States population has a disorder of speech, language, or hearing, with proportional distribution among members of racially and ethnically diverse groups. Individuals of Hispanic origin are the fastest-growing minority group in the country. Current national…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Articulation Impairments, Learning Disabilities, Language Impairments
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Bell, Dorothy M.; Cameron, Lois – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2008
This article presents the case of a woman with mild learning disability and with good verbal and expressive language ability. However, she was unable to explore verbally with her clinical psychologist issues concerning her low mood and to discuss strategies to address this. Talking Mats provided a low-tech communication framework to help the woman…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Expressive Language, Language Aptitude, Verbal Ability
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Tarulli, Nancy J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1998
Discusses how speech-language pathologists can use photography to encourage more active language expression in children with language and learning disabilities, and describes seven categories for photography use in language learning environments. Each photo project includes suggested language objectives, applications, and advantages. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language, Language Impairments
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Waugh, Leslie; Bowers, Tiffany; French, Ron – Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators, 2007
With the implementation of the inclusion concept in public school classes, the ability of the general physical educator to effectively teach all of his or her students has been tested. This is particularly true with some students who have a receptive language disability (e.g., deaf, traumatic brain injury), an expressive language disability (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities
Fletcher, Jack M.; Lyon, G. Reid; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Barnes, Marcia A. – Guilford Publications, 2006
Evidence based and comprehensive, this important work offers a new approach to understanding and intervening with students with learning disabilities. The authors--leading experts in neuropsychology and special education--present a unique model of learning disabilities that integrates the cognitive, neural, genetic, and contextual factors…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Reading Difficulties, Neuropsychology, Intervention
Fais, Laurie; Wanderman, Richard – 1987
The paper describes the application of a computer-assisted writing program in a special high school for learning disabled and dyslexic students and reports on a study of the program's effectiveness. Particular advantages of the Macintosh Computer for such a program are identified including use of the mouse pointing tool, graphic icons to identify…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Dyslexia, Expressive Language, High Schools
Cole, Martha – 1979
Language training for the non-verbal or language delayed child should utilize feedback to reinforce correct responses and should closely follow the syntactical development of normal children. The two basic areas of language training are receptive and expressive. Receptive language training includes attending and responding, following single phase…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Expressive Language, Feedback, Language Handicaps
Waldron, Karen A. – Pointer, 1987
The article describes a secondary-level curriculum for written expression based on a linguistic model. Directed toward learning disabled adolescents, the method teaches sentence and paragraph construction based on verbal and written models presented by the teacher. Writing good sentences, paragraphs, and essays is presented as a logical extension…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Essays, Expository Writing, Expressive Language
Ruegg, Erica – 2002
This report discusses a study that examined the perceived credibility of children with learning disabilities once they received instruction in a procedure to increase recall during narrative testimony. Narrative Elaboration Training (NET) helps children to develop memory skills by teaching strategies for remembering the details that are expected…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Court Litigation, Cues
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Grant, James O.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1992
This article describes a writing project involving the use of dialogue journals in a summer camp for students with learning disabilities. Six resident counselors served as dialogue partners. The article covers the program rationale, the project participants, procedures, and analysis and implications. (DB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Counselor Role, Dialog Journals, Expressive Language
Quin, Paul E. – 1987
This final report summarizes the activities and findings of a research project which developed a model program for preschoolers "at risk in language." A total of 22 children, including 17 children "at risk" and 5 peers, participated in the program; the children served by the project showed increased facility with language in…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Demonstration Programs, Expressive Language, High Risk Persons
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