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Otto, Wayne – Journal of Reading, 1985
Examines the evidence that supports using the technique of repeated readings to increase the reading fluency of students with reading difficulties. (HOD)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Learning Theories, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction

Lane, Patricia K.; Miller, Margery Staman – Journal of Reading, 1972
Descriptors: Adolescents, Critical Thinking, Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities

Journal of Reading, 1987
Discusses (1) strategies that make learning disabled adolescents independent in subject area classrooms, (2) the use of medieval rhetoric to help modern students expand their writing, and (3) students' opinions of sustained silent reading. (NKA)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Independent Study, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies

Journal of Reading, 1985
Suggestions are offered for motivating ninth grade low readers with a combination of bookmaking and tutoring, for motivating college basic reading skills students with four learning strategies, and for using writing as a means of communication for learning disabled students. (HOD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities

Seiters, Judith A.; Jackson, Evelyn W. – Journal of Reading, 1986
Describes the results of a survey of rehabilitation centers to determine evaluation methods for possible alexia (the loss of ability to read that results from a brain injury) and presents some suggestions for rehabilitative testing and teaching materials. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities

Dunn, Rita – Journal of Reading, 1988
Discusses recent research on learning style, revealing some of the problems with the research as well as how work on learning modality can help students with trouble in school. Also discusses tests that identify learning style, and advises teachers to keep an open mind about learning style research. (SKC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Modalities

Gayeski, Gail Y. – Journal of Reading, 1990
Uses the language experience approach with a state driver's manual to teach disabled adolescent readers and educable mentally retarded students. (RS)
Descriptors: Language Experience Approach, Learning Disabilities, Remedial Reading, Secondary Education

Otto, Wayne – Journal of Reading, 1989
Responds to letters from readers in response to recent "Research" columns. Deals with the issues of learning disabilities, whole language approach, the "skills" perspective, junk food textbooks, and punctuation. (RS)
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Punctuation

Otto, Wayne – Journal of Reading, 1989
Discusses learning disabilities in light of Gerald Cole's book "The Learning Mystique: A Critical Look at Learning Disabilities" and in the humorous guise of being diagnosed by a learning disabilities expert as having a neurological dysfunction due to a lack of interest in watching football. (RS)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Book Reviews, Educational Diagnosis, Learning Disabilities

Haehl, Sherry – Journal of Reading, 1989
Argues that through effective delivery of support services, compensatory and social functioning skills workshops, and increased faculty awareness, institutions of higher education can help meet the needs of learning disabled college students. (RS)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Responsibility, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities

Anderson, V. – Journal of Reading, 1994
Discusses three major physiological or neurological areas in which learning problems originate: language deficits, visual processing deficits, and information processing deficits. Discusses remediation efforts. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Impairments, Learning Disabilities, Neurological Impairments

Zakaluk, Beverley L.; Klassen, Mary – Journal of Reading, 1992
Describes a remedial program (developed for a ninth grade student labeled learning disabled) that incorporated principles of direct-explicit instruction, metacognition, and language to mediate thinking and learning. Notes that the program helped the student succeed and advance to the next grade. (SR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Grade 9, High School Students, High Schools

Burgett, Russell Edward; Dodge, Roger W. – Journal of Reading, 1976
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Professional Personnel, Reading Difficulty, Reading Instruction

Abrams, Jules C.; Smolen, Wendy O. – Journal of Reading, 1973
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Failure, Intellectual Development, Learning Disabilities

Monda, Lisa E., And Others – Journal of Reading, 1988
Offers suggestions for using the newspaper to help learning disabled students improve their reading, language arts, and mathematics skills. (ARH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Mathematical Enrichment