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Graham, Steve; Ahumada, Silza; Bañales, Gerardo; Puente, Aníbal; Guajardo, Marcela; Muñoz, Ignacio – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Two hundred fifty-four intermediate-grade teachers (88% female) in urban public schools in Chile indicated how frequently they made writing instructional adaptations for their weakest writers, which included students with learning and other disabilities. A majority of teachers reported making the following adaptations for their weakest writers at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urban Schools, Public Schools, Writing Difficulties
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Lamminmaki, Tuija; Ahonen, Timo; deBarra, Helena Todd; Tolvanen, Asko; Michelsson, Katarina; Lyytinen, Heikki – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
In the first year of a study of 74 Chilean children (ages 6-11) with learning problems, half participated in a multifaceted neurocognitive treatment and half in a treatment that provided supervision of school tasks and peer group support. All participated in the neurocognitive treatment the second year. Both treatments resulted in gains.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
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Lamminmaki, Tuija; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
This study compared two treatments with 94 Chilean children having learning difficulties. The first treatment consisted of multiple training components targeting specific cognitive and behavioral factors; the second treatment provided emotional support and supervision of school tasks. Findings indicated both groups improved on most of the outcome…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Emotional Development, Foreign Countries