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Brucker, Pamela O. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This response to Carr (1993) on the issue of inclusion for students with learning disabilities supports inclusion. It distinguishes between "mainstreaming" and "inclusion," describes one inclusion model being implemented, and suggests that the momentum of the inclusion model has been generated by the failure of programs currently serving students…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Learning Disabilities
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Goldman, Susan R.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
This paper argues that the shift from behaviorist learning theories to constructivist and social constructivist theories provides an opportunity to develop a hybrid model of mathematics instruction for students with learning disabilities. The proposed model embeds important skill learning in meaningful contexts. Evaluation data on such embedded…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities
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Tressoldi, Patrizio E.; Lonciari, Isabella; Vio, Claudio – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2000
Twenty-one children with specific reading disorders were treated with a method derived from dual-route models and 23 with a method derived from single-route models of reading. Treatment deriving from dual-route models produced significant improvements in homophone recognition. Treatment deriving from single-route models produced significant…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement
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Hearne, Dixon; Stone, Suki – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
This article notes the failures of traditional deficit models of learning disabilities and considers, instead, possibilities of Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. It summarizes findings on talents of students labeled learning disabled, evidence of their abilities, implications of these for schools, and preliminary recommendations…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Intelligence
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Wong, Bernice Y. L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
This introduction to a series of articles on the scaffolding metaphor in learning disabilities research introduces each article and raises two main concerns: the lack of careful delineation of how scaffolding becomes operational in research studies and constraints in the use of scaffolding arising from communication problems. (DB)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
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D'Amato, Rik Carl; Rothlisberg, Barbara A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
This article focuses on the educational implications of traumatic brain injury (TBI). It considers conceptual issues of TBI and discusses how assessment of this group differs from assessment of other groups. It offers an integrated intervention approach which attempts to bring order to students' life experiences, called the S.O.S. (Structure,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Head Injuries
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Aaron, P. G.; Joshi, R. M.; Palmer, Hyyon; Smith, Natasha; Kirby, Edward – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2002
This paper presents a model of differential diagnosis of attentional problems and reading disability that uses intra-individual differences in performance of tasks that vary in their requirement of sustained attention such as listening comprehension (high attention requirement) and reading comprehension (lower attention requirement). The validity…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Disability Identification
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Schoenbrodt, Lisa; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
A discussion of language disorders that often occur with learning disabilities focuses on definitions, characteristics, alternative assessment methods, and service delivery models and interventions. Use of standardized test batteries, curriculum-based language assessment, and portfolio assessment is reviewed. Principles and methods to enhance…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Curriculum Based Assessment, Definitions, Delivery Systems
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Ruiz, Nadeen T.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
This study of five bilingual special education teachers identified three factors affecting attempts to change instructional practices: (1) a positive correlation between special education training and a reductionist approach; (2) relationship between changing both instructional practices and beliefs; and (3) the importance of including fellow…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Change Agents