This article offers suggestions for incorporating cognitive principles into mathematics instruction for students with disabilities, such as identifying underlying concepts and relationships and teaching them explicitly, and presenting instruction from a problem-solving perspective. A checklist is provided for determining whether or not…

Six validated principles of instruction are applied to the development of guidelines for using computerized instruction with students with special needs. The six principles are direct instruction, mastery learning, overlearning and automaticity, cooperative learning, monitoring student progress, and learning styles. A table lists guidelines for…

A school-wide program was developed to teach study skills (involving cognitive strategies and school survival skills) to mainstreamed secondary-level students with learning disabilities. The program involved training teachers, synchronizing teaching schedules, and observing teachers. Students learned study strategies that transferred to content…