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Warner, Michael M.; Bull, Kay Sather – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1986
The authors assert that progress in conceptualizing learning disabilities and related intervention procedures is dependent on systematic, consistent, and educationally grounded theory, and that each practitioner should adopt a system and use it consistently. A cognitive-field model is illustrated and its use as a foundation for educating LD…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Models
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Biklen, Douglas P. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
The author reviews findings from a four-year study of mainstreaming programs, notes complaints of regular classroom teachers, describes successful approaches to promote integration, and discusses a range of mainstreaming models from informal "deals" between teachers to unconditional mainstreaming. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming, Models
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Kavale, Kenneth A.; Forness, Steven R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1986
The paper describes learning disabled children as disassociated learners (not actively involved in the learning process). The framework shows how it may be logically conceptualized that some children disassociate themselves from academic learning and come to be termed learning disabled. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes, Models
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Swanson, H. Lee – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
The article reviews literature on the information processing model with learning disabled children. Assumptions concerning the role of automaticity, prior knowledge, and executive functioning are questioned. Also discussed are procedures for identifying common denominations, subgrouping, isolating mental components underlying academic change, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Models
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Gilhool, Nancy; Ginn, Ruth – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1982
The article describes the diagnostic prescriptive teacher program, an organizational model designed to provide help within the regular classroom for children with mild learning problems. The key to the program is the diagnostic prescriptive teacher, a school-based specialist who combines diagnostic and consultative work in assisting the regular…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming, Mild Disabilities
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DeFries, J. C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
A study applied the polygenic threshold model to previously reported differences in gender ratios among children with reading disabilities and close family members with similar disabilities. The results were found to be predictable with the model. (MSE)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Heredity, Models, Parents
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West, J. Frederick; Idol, Lorna – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
The paper questions whether the school consultation model which provides services to learning disabled students has a sound theoretical base. Included are an examination of 10 different models of consultation and their relationship to theory and a review of studies on facilitating the mainstreaming of learning disabled and other low achieving…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
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Kimball, Walter H.; Heron, Timothy E. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
In response to two papers decrying reductionism and advocating holistic constructivism in models of learning disabilities, the article claims that the behavioral paradigm, unlike the holistic paradigm, has provided a validated and documented instructional methodology. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Educational Philosophy, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Haight, Sherrel Lee – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
Problems with applying the career education model to students with learning disabilities or any type of disability are noted and similarities in curriculum development theory are charted. The role of the resource room teacher in a career education model is noted. (CL)
Descriptors: Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Models
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Hartlage, Lawrence C.; Telzrow, Cathy F. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1983
The paper reviews research, largely inconclusive, on diagnostic-prescriptive teaching and proposes a model for use with learning disabled students using neuropsychological test data to infer relevant learner aptitudes. Studies are cited to support the validity of strength-matched teaching and the use of compensatory teaching with severe learning…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
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Meyers, Marcee J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1983
The article reviews the controversy over the information processing model as an approach to diagnosing and remediating learning disabled students. The Slingerland Screening Tests are suggested as an alternative tool for examining information processing skills. Advantages of the test include direct application to classroom tasks. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes
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Mercer, Cecil; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1975
Modeling and attention-retention were examined in 20 boys (ages 9- to 14-years-old) attending a residential school for children with learning disabilities. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Imitation
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Grossman, Ronald P. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
The article deals with the problem of scientific definitions, focusing on its application to learning disabilities. (DLS)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Definitions, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education
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Reid, D. Kim – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The article elucidates 14 principles drawn from the structuralist, constructivist, and holist literature and applies them to the teaching of learning disabled students. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Educational Philosophy, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Forness, Steven R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
In response to two papers decrying reductionism and advocating holistic constructivism in models of learning disabilities, the article applauds trends toward a shifting paradigm in the field but warns against advocating any single approach as the only valid path to effective learning. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Educational Philosophy, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education
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