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Hock, Michael F. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Adults with learning disabilities (LD) attending adult basic education, GED programs, or community colleges are among the lowest performers on measures of literacy. For example, on multiple measures of reading comprehension, adults with LD had a mean reading score at the third grade level, whereas adults without LD read at the fifth grade level.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Adult Basic Education
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Hauser, Jane; Malouf, David B. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
Research on special education technology is reviewed, focusing on analytic research, systemic research, and the emergence of constructivism. Federal research projects on technology, sponsored by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), are discussed, and the use of specific methodologies is analyzed. OSEP projects funded under the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Media, Educational Policy, Educational Research
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Wanzek, Jeanne; Vaughn, Sharon; Wexler, Jade; Swanson, Elizabeth A.; Edmonds, Meghan; Kim, Ae-Hwa – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
Previous research studies examining the effects of spelling and reading interventions on the spelling outcomes of students with learning disabilities (LD) are synthesized. An extensive search of the professional literature between 1995 and 2003 yielded a total of 19 intervention studies that provided spelling and reading interventions to students…
Descriptors: Spelling, Spelling Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction