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Peer reviewedScott, Sally S.; McGuire, Joan M.; Shaw, Stan F. – Remedial and Special Education, 2003
Universal design for instruction is presented as a new paradigm for approaching equal educational access for college students with learning disabilities. Topics covered include changing student demographics, instructional challenges, the universal design concept, universal design in educational settings, and applying universal design to college…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Program Development
Peer reviewedHock, Michael F.; And Others – Preventing School Failure, 1993
The Strategic Learner Apprenticeship for college students who are academically at risk or have learning disabilities involves task-specific learning strategies, course-specific learning strategies, coconstructed learning strategies, and a methodology for strategic instruction. Implementation of the apprenticeship with 56 at-risk student athletes…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Peer reviewedRich, Rebecca; Gentile, Myra – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1995
This article discusses using peer content-area tutoring and strategy instruction to help college students with learning disabilities become self-regulated learners. The instructional model addresses transferring strategies across settings, linking cognitive strategies to the content curriculum, guiding the student to independent strategy use, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, College Students, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
Download full textShaw, Stan F.; Scott, Sally S.; McGuire, Joan M. – 2001
This digest summarizes the issues involved in the instruction of college students with learning disabilities and offers a practical approach to teaching these students. It notes first that disability law at the college level is not as prescriptive as that for the elementary secondary level. Since the instructional climate in higher education is…
Descriptors: College Students, Compliance (Legal), Educational Principles, Higher Education
Peer reviewedSkinner, Michael E. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1998
Provides an operational definition of self-advocacy as it pertains to adolescent and adult learners with learning disabilities in postsecondary settings, describes model high school and college programs that teach self-advocacy skills, and discusses important follow-up and support activities essential to the effective use of these skills.…
Descriptors: College Students, High Schools, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Direct linkScott, Sally S.; Mcguire, Joan M.; Foley, Teresa E. – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2003
The purpose of this article is to examine Universal Design (UD) applied to instruction as a means of promoting educational access to higher education, not only for students with disabilities but also for a broad range of diverse learners now very much a part of the fabric of higher education. A brief overview of UD is provided. Seminal literature…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Teaching Models, Access to Education, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Minskoff, Esther; Allsopp, David; Minskoff, J. Gerald – 2001
This final report describes a project to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a framework, the James Madison University (JMU) Active Learner Approach, for course-specific strategy assessment and tutorial instruction for 46 college students with learning disabilities or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Individual sections address…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Case Studies, College Students, Curriculum Based Assessment
