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Direct linkWallach, Geraldine P. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
In this article, the visual metaphor of drifting snow is used as a reminder of past and current practices in language-learning disabilities that sometimes keep professionals frozen in time. Continuing with metaphoric images, readers are reminded to evaluate their intervention choices, question popular but outdated concepts, and examine real…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Language Impairments, Figurative Language
Peer reviewedSawyer, Diane J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
This paper discusses the history of U.S. reading instruction; instructional approaches and learning processes; the whole language view of literacy acquisition; promoting literate behavior through reading to or writing with children, shared reading, and guiding children's reading/writing; and use of the whole language approach with…
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedSmith-Burke, M. Trika; And Others – Topics in Language Disorders, 1991
This article explores the assumptions of traditional remedial and learning disabilities education and summarizes empirical evidence challenging this approach; examines the assumptions underlying whole language and the teacher's role in a whole language context; presents data on the efficacy of whole language instructional programs; and discusses…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Holistic Approach, Instructional Effectiveness
