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Durham, Jennifer – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Founded in 1967, The Lab School of Washington (LSW) has been educating students with learning disabilities using an arts-based curriculum for over 50 years. Sally Smith originally started the school out of frustration with the inability of traditional educational environments to reach her intelligent, but learning disabled, young son and others…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Learning Disabilities, Curriculum, Teaching Methods
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Johnson, Doris – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2000
This final paper in the journal's special issue on educational intervention research for students with learning disabilities stresses the importance of cohesion and coherence in instruction across the curriculum. Emphasis is on the task of intervention teams to consider when, and for whom the various teaching models are appropriate. (Contains…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
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Tarver, Sara G. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2000
This article presents the goals, philosophy, and theory of the Direct Instruction model. The theory stresses the learning of generalizations with multiple examples through a highly structured curriculum. Connections between theory and practice are illustrated with a variety of examples of thinking operations from Direct Instruction programs.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Disabilities, Educational Philosophy
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Clark, Frances L. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2000
This article presents the strategies instruction model as an effective intervention for students with learning disabilities. It describes the model's components (curriculum, instruction, environment), its theoretical basis, the teacher's role, teacher-student interaction, and appropriate contexts. Studies of the model's effectiveness are…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention, Learning Disabilities
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Bos, Candace S. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2000
This article presents the interactive, collaborative teaching and learning model developed to teach content area reading to students with learning disabilities or other learning problems. It identifies interactive and collaborative aspects of the model and explains its theoretical underpinnings, instructional decisions, the role of the teacher,…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design
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Kline, Frank – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2000
This article summarizes the journal's special issue on intervention research for students with learning disabilities with emphasis on common themes in the preceding papers: (1) modeling in instruction, (2) the provision of feedback, (3) instruction for generalization, and (4) teacher preparation. (Contains one reference.) (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback, Generalization
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Parrill, Melinda; Satterfield, Jule – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2000
This article summarizes the journal's special issue on educational intervention research for students with learning disabilities and identifies the following common themes in the preceding papers: (1) effective teaching, (2) the match between teacher and learner characteristics, (3) flexibility in delivery and use, and (4) teacher and student…
Descriptors: Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention