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An Investigation of the Heuristic Strategies Used by Students with and without Learning Disabilities in Their Acquisition of the Basic Facts of Multiplication.
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Erenberg, Shana R. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1995
Fourth-grade students (n=45) either with or without learning disabilities and achieving or not achieving at grade level in math were asked to explain strategies used to solve computational problems. Strategies were classified as reproductive or reconstructive (which varied in applicability and efficiency). Significant group differences were found.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computation, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities
The Effects of the Interactive Unit on the Computation Skills of Students with Learning Disabilities and Students with Mild Cognitive Impairments.
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Harding, Darlene C.; And Others – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1993
Eleven students (ages 9-14) enrolled in self-contained special education classrooms received math instruction via the Interactive Unit. The Interactive Unit is an instructional system involving 16 combinations of teacher-pupil-material interactions, calling for various teacher inputs and student outputs. Significant differences were detected…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness, Interaction, Intermediate Grades
Oral and Written Compositions of Students with Learning Disabilities in the Content Area of Science.
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McFarland, Jacqueline; Shepard, Teri – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1995
Middle school students (n=39) with learning disabilities completed written and oral science composition tasks. Results indicated better overall oral than written performance, use of more sentences (though shorter) in written than oral presentations, and no significant differences between oral and written word count or thought units. Little…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Expressive Language, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Exploring the Potential Motivational Properties of Curriculum-Based Measurement in Reading among Middle School Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Glor-Scheib, Susan; Zigmond, Naomi – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1993
Sixth-grade students (n=22) with learning disabilities were administered a curriculum-based reading measurement over 18 weeks and attitudinal and self-perception measures as pretests and posttests. Students' self-perceptions of reading competence improved. Attitudes toward oral reading, while not improving, were positively related to fluency.…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Oral Reading, Reading Ability
Exploring Speech Recognition Technology: Children with Learning and Emotional/Behavioral Disorders.
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Faris-Cole, Debra; Lewis, Rena – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2001
Intermediate grade students with disabilities in written expression and emotional/behavioral disorders were trained to use discrete or continuous speech input devices for written work. The study found extreme variability in the fidelity of the devices, PowerSecretary and Dragon NaturallySpeaking ranging from 49 percent to 87 percent. Both devices…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Behavior Disorders, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Equipment