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Infusing Culturally Responsive Instruction to Improve Mathematics Performance of Latino Students with Specific Learning Disabilities
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Shumate, Lorraine; Campbell-Whatley, Gloria D.; Lo, Ya-yu – Exceptionality, 2012
Culturally responsive instruction has the advantage of helping diverse students make academic gains. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of culturally infused mathematics lessons on the academic achievement of five middle school Latino students with specific learning disabilities in a resource classroom. We used an ABACACA…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Culturally Relevant Education
The Legal Basis of Response to Intervention: Analysis and Implications
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Yell, Mitchell L.; Walker, David W. – Exceptionality, 2010
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) of 2004 makes significant and controversial changes to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Two very significant changes in this law are provisions that (a) allow school districts to spend up to 15% of their IDEA Part B funds on early intervening services in…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Eligibility, Hearings, Learning Disabilities
Social Skills Training for Youth With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders and Learning Disabilities: Problems, Conclusions, and Suggestions
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Maag, John W. – Exceptionality, 2005
Teaching social skills to students with emotional and behavioral disorders and learning disabilities has become an accepted practice. Social skills training (SST), however, has often resulted in only modest and sometimes no changes in students' social competence. One of the main reasons is that acknowledged problems have been largely ignored. The…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Interpersonal Competence
Evidence-Based Secondary Transition Practices for Enhancing School Completion
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Test, David W.; Fowler, Catherine H.; White, James; Richter, Sharon; Walker, Allison – Exceptionality, 2009
Approximately 28% of students with disabilities do not complete high school (National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, 2005). This increases the likelihood that these students will experience low wages, high rates of incarceration, and limited access to postsecondary education. This article reviews evidence-based secondary transition practices…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Disabilities, Student Development, Transitional Programs
Effects of a Student-Reads-Aloud Accommodation on the Performance of Students with and without Learning Disabilities on a Test of Reading Comprehension
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Elbaum, Batya; Arguelles, Maria Elena; Campbell, Yvonne; Saleh, Maya Bardawil – Exceptionality, 2004
In this study, we investigated the impact of a student-reads-aloud accommodation on the performance of middle school and high school students with and without learning disabilities (LD) on a test of reading comprehension. Data for the analyses came from 311 students (n = 230 with LD) who took alternate forms of a reading test in a standard and an…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Learning Disabilities
Characteristics of Meta-Analyses Reported in Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, and Emotional and Behavioral Disorders.
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Mostert, Mark P. – Exceptionality, 2001
Twenty-four meta-analyses in mental retardation, learning disabilities, and emotional/behavior disorders were reviewed and analyzed across six domains of information necessary for securing face validity of published meta-analyses. Wide variations that could influence summative results were found. Additionally, temporal analysis of 44 meta-analyses…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Data Interpretation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education