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Peer reviewedBryan, Tanis; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1996
Sixty middle school students, half average-achieving and half with learning disabilities (LD), were assigned to either a positive or neutral mood induction condition prior to receiving instruction in elementary Hindi language (to control for effects of prior knowledge). Across a two-week period, the LD students in the positive condition performed…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Emotional Experience, Hindi, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedHuhn, Ralph H. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1980
A cognitive theory of readiness is offered as a possible explanation of the learning problems of learning or reading disabled secondary students. A discussion of the implications of the theory for secondary content area reading is included along with a model for implementation of the readiness components. For related information see EC 132…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Learning Disabilities, Learning Readiness, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewedSowell, Virginia; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
The Ss were 63 first graders with reading and school readiness problems. It was found that Ss who received psycholinguistic training did not show significantly more psycholinguistic improvement than did Ss trained using traditional methods. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Child Language, Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Language Skills
