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Wood, Mildred H. – Academic Therapy, 1980
Problems in modern math instruction for learning disabled students include language and vocabulary, a lack of appropriate emphasis on mastery, the use of set notation in the primary grades, inadequate teacher inservice education in modern math, and the elimination of parents as teaching partners. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems, Mathematics
Palmieri, Jean C. – Academic Therapy, 1973
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems
May, Jo Whitten – Academic Therapy, 1984
The author cites two cases of children with learning problems to distinguish between learning disabilities (inability to fulfill family and personal, social, educational, and vocational goals) and learning impairments (satisfaction with attained educational, interpersonal, and vocational goals). (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems, Self Concept
Kitson, Donald L. – Academic Therapy, 1982
Assessment approaches are described which avoid the attribution of an ability/achievement discrepancy to a learning deficiency, while emphasizing the interaction between the individual and environment. The Guide to the Child's Learning Skills, learning styles inventory, and contract activity packages are discussed. (CL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities
Banas, Norma; Wills, I. H. – Academic Therapy, 1979
The article, the sixth in a series discussing specific tests of the Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude (DTLA), deals with verbal opposites (word meanings in isolation) and verbal absurdities (word meanings in context). (DLS)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Learning Disabilities
Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Academic Therapy, 1984
The keyword and pegword methods, related mnemonic strategies to improve performance in encoding and retrieving factual information, are described as effective procedures for helping special education and remedial students increase their learning and memory skills. (JW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Encoding (Psychology), Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems
Wilborn, Bobbie L.; Smith, Don A. – Academic Therapy, 1974
The Learning Problem Indication Index an instrument intended to help identify the preschool child with potential learning problems, was evaluated with 432 children (ages 4 to 19 years) from varying backgrounds referred to the Pupil Appraisal Center at North Texas State University. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Exceptional Child Research, Identification, Learning Disabilities
Academic Therapy, 1979
The interview with G. N. Getman, a developmental optometrist specializing in learning problems and disabilities, focuses on vision's impact on learning, the role of the vision specialist in the remediation of learning problems and disabilities, early screening programs, and visual training programs. (DLS)
Descriptors: Eyes, Identification, Interviews, Learning Disabilities