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Increasing Access to Learning for the Adult Basic Education Learner with Learning Disabilities: Evidence-Based Accommodation Research
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Gregg, Noel – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Accommodating adult basic education (ABE) learners with learning disabilities (LD) is common practice across many instructional, testing, and work settings. However, the results from this literature search indicate that very few empirically based studies are available to support or reject the effectiveness of a great deal of accommodation…
Descriptors: Evidence, Learning Disabilities, Adult Basic Education, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Effective Literacy Instruction for Adults with Specific Learning Disabilities: Implications for Adult Educators
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Hock, Michael F. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Adults with learning disabilities (LD) attending adult basic education, GED programs, or community colleges are among the lowest performers on measures of literacy. For example, on multiple measures of reading comprehension, adults with LD had a mean reading score at the third grade level, whereas adults without LD read at the fifth grade level.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Adult Basic Education
Time-Series Research: Some Comments on Design Methodology for Research in Learning Disabilities.
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Kratochwill, Thomas R.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
The paper suggests that time-series design methodology provides a useful paradigm in which to conduct research in the learning disabilities field. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Learning Disabilities, Literature Reviews, Longitudinal Studies