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Miccinati, Jeannette – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
The Fernald Technique (originated by G. Fernald), which is a multi-modal approach involving tracing, is one method of teaching reading to learning disabled students. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Modalities, Multisensory Learning

Carbo, Marie – Theory into Practice, 1984
Current research in learning style and reading indicates that students' reading achievement and attitudes improve significantly when students are taught to read through their individual styles. Research topics that support this conclusion are listed and implications for improving reading research are discussed. (DF)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Modalities
Guthrie, John T., Ed. – 1976
Papers collected in this volume were presented at the Fifth Annual Blumberg Symposium on Research in Early Childhood Education, held at Johns Hopkins University in 1974. Selections include "Alexia" (D. Frank Benson), "Young Children's Expectations for Reading" (Doris R. Entwisle), "Relations between Acquisition of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation
Guild, Pat Burke; Esfahani, Russell – Instructor, 1989
Typical learning style patterns; techniques for managing the variety of learning styles which may exist in a classroom; and ways to address various learning styles in reading, writing, math, and science are outlined. Using educational technology to accommodate students' learning styles is also discussed. (IAH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
McLendon, Gloria Houston – 1983
Basic research into the mechanisms and functions of the brain carried out in the past 25 years has provided evidence that humans do, indeed, experience two ways of knowing. More recent research has explored the nature of the apparent perceptual bias--or way of knowing--of each brain hemisphere, and this information, which has changed thinking…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1979
The articles in this collection approach the theme "Reading in the Year of the Child" in a variety of ways. The topics covered in the 23 articles include the following: the school as a center for human development; mainstreaming across nations; mainstreaming and the learning disabled child; a Jungian perspective on reading behavior; the arts and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Language Skills

Helfeldt, John P. – Reading World, 1983
Presents evidence to support the premise that boys reflect a predilection to process information visually, while girls reflect a preference to process information auditorally. Cautions against relying on isolated components such as hemispheric dominance or laterality during the identification and correction of reading problems. (FL)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences
Birsh, Judith R., Ed. – 1999
This text on multisensory structured language education (MSLE) provides the foundation for MSLE and offers components of instruction and effective teaching strategies that teachers can put into practice for students with dyslexia and others struggling to learn to read, write, and spell. Chapters include: (1) "Multisensory Instruction" (Louisa C.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Rearing, Decoding (Reading), Dyslexia