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Kelly, Jerae; Kunkel, Amy K.; Smith, Alex; Gerzel-Short, Lydia; Park, Soyoung; Moore, Alexcia – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2023
Culture is ubiquitous and plays a significant role in student knowledge development and reading comprehension. Therefore, the purpose of this review was to investigate how culture is considered within reading comprehension interventions for students with learning disabilities (LD) from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Through a…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Reading Comprehension, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Young, Murphy K.; Rouse, Amy Gillespie; Datchuk, Shawn – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2022
This scoping review provides a comprehensive overview of available experimental research on writing interventions for K-12 students with learning disabilities (LD). After conducting a systematic search across multiple databases, journals, and previous meta-analyses, we located a total of 194 studies. Each study included in this review met the…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Intervention, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Alves, Kat D.; Kennedy, Michael J.; Brown, Tiara S.; Solis, Michael – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2015
"Reading comprehension" is difficult for many students with disabilities, including those with specific learning disabilities. However these students can be explicitly taught strategies to improve their comprehension abilities. One such strategy is teaching students story grammar in order to provide them with a framework for…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Teaching Methods, Grade 3
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Hebert, Michael; Graham, Steve; Rigby-Wills, Hope; Ganson, Katie – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2014
Writing may be an especially useful tool for improving the reading comprehension of lower performing readers and students with disabilities. However, it is reasonable to expect that students with poor writing skills in particular, may actually be less adept at using writing to improve their reading skills, and may not be able to do so without…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Notetaking, Writing (Composition), Reading Comprehension
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Sideris, Georgios D.; Tsorbatzoudis, Charalambos – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2003
The purpose of the present study was to profile, using a K-means cluster analysis, the cognitive, motivational, affective, and goal orientation characteristics of elementary school students with and without learning disabilities (LD). Participants were 58 fifth and 6 sixth graders (29 typical and 29 LD) selected using stratified random procedures.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Learning Disabilities, Motivation Techniques, Low Achievement