Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) is an emerging and widely implemented remedial educational approach that is currently being piloted in many countries. Morocco has been experimenting with this approach since the 2022-2023 school year. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of using the TARL approach as a remedial model in addressing…

This study presents a single case study of how a remedial mathematics teacher incorporated an instructional intervention into her teaching practices in order to teach counting to a pupil with mathematical learning difficulties. This new theory-driven intervention was developed by the authors of this study. Dyscalculia is a term which refers to a…

This paper derives from research carried out in a number of Botswana primary schools on teachers' understanding of curriculum adaptations for learners who experience learning difficulties (LD) as part of implementing inclusive education. Teachers' understanding play a crucial role in how they make curriculum accessible for learners with LD during…

Background: One of the methods receiving the current attention in addressing poor performance and low learning achievements among lower primary school learners is through remedial teaching. The approach to provide remedial support was informed by Vygotsky's social development theory. Aim: The objective of this study was to support primary school…

Over-reliance on prescriptive pedagogies, such as explicit instruction, could hamper students with learning difficulties from sense-making and thus limit their acquisition of conceptual understanding. To help them in constructing mathematical knowledge, manipulative and drawing could be used to solve problems in a meaningful context. Using a case…

The present study explored the effects of a mediated intervention programme on a sample of Grade 5 learners, in a remedial school. The participants (n = 20) were systematically sampled and they constituted two groups; namely, Individual Mediation (n = 10) and Group Mediation (n = 10). It was hypothesised that participants exposed to this programme…

The Learning and Diagnostic Centre provides the following services: a remedial clinic program, academic assessment and programing services, and an assessment unit. (DLS)

The role of the learning assistance teacher in this model consists of three major functions: first-line diagnosis of learning difficulties, consultation with the regular classroom teacher, and direct instruction with a restricted caseload of students. (DLS)

Thirty-seven experienced Dutch remedial teachers were asked to evaluate the potential effectiveness of various spelling exercises for children with spelling difficulties. Teachers preferred exercises with a combination of rule-based strategies and demonstration of the whole orthographic pattern of the word. Individual child characteristics did not…

Attempts to define the cultural discontinuity (between schools and students) hypothesis by distinguishing between universal, primary, and secondary discontinuities. Suggests that each of these is associated with a distinct type of school problem, and that secondary cultural discontinuities commonly affect minority students in the United States.…

The learning difficulties for new entrant chemistry students from a multi-national, regional, tertiary education institution in the South Pacific were investigated using a purpose-designed diagnostic instrument. The instrument contained 25 items distributed across three themes: scientific reasoning, numeracy and scientific language literacy. The…

The report--half of which consists of appendixes--describes a pilot project in London, Ontario (Canada) designed to examine the issues involved in including constant communication and cooperation between classroom teachers (CTs) and learning resource teachers (LRTs) as part of the remedial process for students with learning problems. A series of…

This sourcebook is designed to support the efforts of educators who work with students having learning difficulties in mathematics. As the title suggests, its aim is to effect a good teaching/learning match in order to best meet the individual needs of students. The first chapter, "The Nature of Learning Difficulties in Mathematics,"…

Background: Research suggests that referral practices of teachers in regular education are not only affected by the level of learning difficulties but also by student behaviour and the level of students' parental involvement in education. It was hypothesized that teachers maintain a notion of the "ideal" student, who has relatively good academic…

Results from 291 first-year Australian college students with learning and writing difficulties (language minorities or students from other countries) suggest a direct effect of those difficulties on performance in first-year biology. College language and learning services that address areas in which students recognize their difficulties may…