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Gower, Susan A. – 1991
A practicum was developed to aid second graders who were experiencing difficulties in reversals and transpositions of letters, words, and numbers in written language and math. At each teacher's recommendation, one or two children demonstrating reversal problems were given help to reduce their reversals. A series of language arts and math tests…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems, Learning Strategies
Hebron, Preston T., Jr. – 1981
In this practicum, 15 learning-disabled pupils in grades two and three participated in an individualized program featuring mastery learning, a personalized system of instruction, attention to learning style and modality, and behavior modification, in order to improve reading levels and poor behavior. Program components included learning stations,…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Style, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs
Hicks, Ruby Mereday – 1990
A study was conducted to address the need for the public school system to provide an enriched curriculum for classroom teachers with "at-risk" students. It also examined whether students who had been exposed to a variety of supporting and related techniques of letter recognition through systematic instruction would be able to…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Decoding (Reading), Grade 3, High Risk Students
Yeckes, Shelley – 1987
Six learning-disabled second-grade resource room students with auditory deficits had poor listening skills that inhibited their attention to directions and their accurate completion of assignments. Using a curriculum which incorporated visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities, the practicum project encouraged and motivated the children and…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Grade 2
Wolf, Russell Murray – 1981
A reading program was devised to affect gains in reading for eighth grade students who had both perceptual and reading deficiencies. The program was divided into two phases, the first consisting of visual-motor-perceptual training conducted three times a week for twelve weeks, and the second composed of individualized reading instruction five…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
Hollaway, Becky L. – 1989
This study conducted in a midwestern city, addressed problems experienced by learning disabled (LD) students in recalling specialized science and social studies vocabulary. This apparent problem was confirmed by a teacher questionnaire and analyses of types and frequency of test errors on recent exams. Students appeared unfamiliar with memory…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Memory
Erven, Judith L. – 1991
The problems that middle school special education students experience in the academic area of social studies were addressed in this practicum. The students could not grasp the ideas, received poor grades, and exhibited a very poor attitude about the relevance of social studies as an academic concern. The special education social studies classes…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, Educational Strategies, Grade 6
Kuhns, Madeline Fisher – 1989
A metacognitive approach to written language instruction was implemented to ameliorate the severe deficits in written language exhibited by five learning-disabled third and fourth graders. The 10-week program contained two basic elements: sustained writing practice, and strategy training for revision of written projects. The sustained writing…
Descriptors: Dialog Journals, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Goldberg, Lorraine F. – 1989
Cooperative learning lessons in mathematics were instituted in 6 learning disability elementary classrooms serving a total of 47 students. Verbal rehearsal and collaboration were intended to reinforce the internalization and generalization of skills. Structured social interaction was intended to facilitate peer acceptance. Although two of the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Cooperative Learning, Educational Methods
Grevenow, Barbara – 1988
The study presents teaching techniques for use with elementary learning disabled students which utilize right brain simultaneous (as opposed to sequential or left brain) learning processes. It also describes a 15-week classroom project utilizing selected techniques with 11 learning disabled children in grades 2 through 6. The literature review and…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Levine, Sheri – 1987
The practicum's goal was to improve the listening skills, oral reading skills, and motivation toward oral reading of six learning-disabled third-grade students with auditory deficits. An intervention plan incorporated directed lessons, filmstrips, tapes, prepractice reading sessions, motivational techniques, and various auditory-visual activities.…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Educational Therapy, Grade 3, Intervention
Download full textFatata-Hall, Kimberley – 1997
This practicum was designed to improve the social studies averages of eighth-grade learning disabled students by using direct instruction and small group interaction. A study skills course was developed after student and teacher surveys indicated the need and desire for the class. The course curriculum included outlining skills, multiple choice…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Revelj, Elizabeth O. – 1987
An 18-week demonstration, remediation project was undertaken to improve educational effectiveness for 14 preschoolers with minimal cerebral dysfunction. A literature search indicated that these children can be appropriately educationally programmed for their sensorimotor problems and suggested that such early intervention can prevent later…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Handicap Identification, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities
Newman, Michael K. – 1992
The purpose of this study was to develop a survey instrument that could be used to determine the degree to which faculty members perceive themselves to have knowledge and skills that they can use to help their adult students learn how to learn. Informal surveys of students at the Anderson Adult Education Center in South Carolina, which has a high…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Andragogy, Cognitive Processes
Schuman, Jonathan C. – 1991
Previous research has indicated that numerically based problem-solving can be taught to children and that it should be initiated on a continuing basis in the elementary school years, yet there is no evidence for the existence of an exact, comprehensive process through which problem-solving with numerical comparisons and addition or subtraction…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 2, Grade 3
