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Download full textGrünke, Matthias – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2020
In this interview, a special educator and sports writer talks about the role that baseball can play in bringing young people with and without learning disabilities together. He exemplifies how a game can provide extensive opportunities for social interactions and establishes why playing baseball is more suitable for teaching social skills to…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Athletics, Team Sports, Learning Disabilities
Wilson-Fowler, Elizabeth B.; Haldeman, Hailey; Cleveland, Lesli; Magori, Krisztian – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2020
The purpose of this study was to determine whether there were differences in levels of sentence complexity and grammatical correctness between the spoken and written persuasive language of adolescents with Learning Disabilities (LDs). After viewing short videos providing background information on controversial animal welfare topics, spoken and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Adolescents, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Büyüknarci, Özlem; Grünke, Matthias – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2019
In this research paper, we present the results from a single-case study examining the effects of the FIX strategy by Sherman and De La Paz (2015). This metacognitive instructional approach was implemented to improve the persuasive writing skills of tenth graders at high risk for school failure: students with comorbid hearing impairment and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Adolescents, Hearing Impairments, Learning Disabilities
Barwasser, Anne; Lenz, Bastian; Grünke, Matthias – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2021
Students with learning and behavioral problems often face enormous barriers to successful school performance. When the language of instruction is not the students' first language and they are already in secondary school, this is compounded by additional challenges, especially with regard to vocabulary and reading -- subjects that are fundamental…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Multimedia Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Second Language Instruction
Boudah, Daniel J. – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2018
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data have indicated that many secondary students lack sufficient literacy skills, and that students who receive free/reduced lunch, students from rural settings, and students with disabilities are particularly low-performing (National Center for Education Statistics, 2015). Despite some…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Intervention, Adolescents, Learning Disabilities
Haager, Diane; Osipova, Anna V. – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2017
An increasing number of children worldwide attend schools where the language of instruction does not match their native language, presenting significant challenges with learning the content and vocabulary of academic content areas (e.g., social studies, science). In the U.S., these students are designated as English language learners…
Descriptors: Adolescents, English Language Learners, At Risk Students, Learning Disabilities
