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Learning-by-Doing Centers: A Program to Foster Problem-Solving Skills of Learning Disabled Students.

Carlson, Jewel; Tully, Pat – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1985
Learning-by-doing centers, an approach based on theories by J. Piaget and The High Scope program's cognitively oriented curriculum, strengthens the problem-solving skills of learning disabled students. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learning Centers (Classroom), Learning Disabilities, Problem Solving

Schirmer, Terry A.; George, Michael P. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1983
A career exploration and awareness curriculum was established for a self-contained class in a day school for severely behavior disordered and learning disabled adolescents. The classroom was set up according to a work-stations concept in areas which included business, electronics/electricity, and mechanics. (SW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Career Exploration, Emotional Disturbances

Cummins, Glenda J.; Lombardi, Thomas P. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1989
A bulletin board learning center was used to improve the spelling performance of students with learning disabilities in grades five-six. Using a fishing theme, the bulletin board became part of an instructional approach which involved tape recordings of spelling words, tactile learning, matching words to scrambled letters, completing cloze…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Bulletin Boards, Cloze Procedure, Intermediate Grades

Frank, Alan R. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1974
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Educational Media, Exceptional Child Education