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Response to Intervention with Secondary School Students with Reading Difficulties
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Vaughn, Sharon; Fletcher, Jack M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
The authors summarize evidence from a multiyear study with secondary students with reading difficulties on (a) the potential efficacy of primary-level (Tier 1), secondary-level (Tier 2), and tertiary-level (Tier 3) interventions in remediating reading difficulties with middle school students, (b) the likelihood of resolving reading disabilities…
Descriptors: Evidence, Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties, Intervention
The Social Construction of Ability and Disability: I. Profile Types of Latino Children Identified as Language Learning Disabled.
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Ruiz, Nadeen T. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
An ethnographic study of one elementary bilingual special education classroom found three profile types of students, ranging from severe language learning disabilities to normal abilities. Results show the inadequacy of the medical model and support a contextual performance view that acknowledges the role of instructional context in revealing the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Bilingual Education, Context Effect, Disability Identification