The clinical effectiveness of a treatment for children with dyslexia was examined, as well as the moderating impact of plausible cognitive and socio-economic factors on treatment success. Results revealed that the treatment group accrued significant greater gains than the control group in reading and spelling skills. The treatment group obtained a…

Adapting support contingently to student needs by first diagnosing their current understanding, that is, scaffolding, is considered a key aspect of excellent teaching. The use of classroom scaffolding is rare, however. We therefore investigated the benefits to teachers of a professional development program that was based upon a model of contingent…

The basis for individual students' instructional support by teachers is an individual diagnosis of one's learning advances and difficulties. Even though sophisticated diagnostic tools exist, it remains an open question how diagnosis and learning can be merged into a consistent pedagogical method to support both teachers and students with feedback…

Although conventional student assessments are extremely convenient for calculating student scores, they do not conceptualize how students organize their knowledge. Therefore, teachers and students rarely understand how to improve their future learning progress. The limitations of conventional testing methods indicate the importance of accurately…

Promoting the development of students' scientific inquiry capabilities is a major learning objective in science education. As a result, teachers require effective assessment approaches to evaluate students' scientific inquiry-related performance. Teachers must also be able to offer appropriate supplementary instructions, as needed, to students.…

Among findings of a study involving 48 teachers of early childhood programs for handicappped children were that diagnostic reports should be organized by developmental or functional domains and should include suggestions for behavioral and instructional strategies. (CL)

The author suggests that individualizing spelling can be quickly and easily accomplished, and lists ideas for diagnosing and remediating spelling problems on an individualized basis. (KC)

The annotated bibliography on educational diagnosis and prescription contains 42 listings which are arranged alphabetically by author, and which include title, name of journal or publisher, and publication dates (from 1922 to 1973). Subjects of entries range from a specific discussion of the relationships between written spelling, motor…

This article presents a definition and description of diagnostic procedures in adult education. (JA)

A description, presented as performance objectives, of how diagnostic skills may be taught to graduate students.

Health educators are warned not to overlook the relationships among the academic, emotional, and social problems of a learning disability. (MM)

This cognitive/performance module is designed to teach the use of diagnostic techniques beyond those techniques provided by traditional mass testing. Terminal objectives include: (a) identifying a learning goal, (b) identifying a child who cannot successfully accomplish the learning goal, (c) diagnosing the child's learning strengths and…

The article reviews the Digit Span and Coding subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised (verbal and performance tests) and discusses the use of pattern analysis in choosing instructional approaches for learning disabled students. (CL)