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Download full textWinters, Clyde A. – 1996
A study compared the effectiveness of the multisensory and auditory teaching methods on the promotion of memory among adults with learning problems. Subjects were 10 adult learners with learning problems, aged 19-31, from an adult basic education program in a large urban area. Two lists of nouns were prepared, each containing 10 words. The lists…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adults, Aural Learning
McKinney, Marianne D. – Pointer, 1974
Presented is a list of multisensory activities for teaching the alphabet in three letter increments over a 1 week period to children with educational, instructional and moderate intellectual handicaps. (CL)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Class Activities, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedMyers, Collin A. – Reading Teacher, 1978
A review of the research indicates that Fernald's technique (VAKT) for learning to read and spell is effective in some, but not all, instances. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Kinesthetic Methods, Learning Disabilities, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedRingler, Lenore H.; Smith, Inez L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1973
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Exceptional Child Research, Kinesthetic Methods, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedThorpe, Harold W.; And Others – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
Evaluated the effects of the kinesthetic-tactile component in visual auditory kinesthetic tactile (VAKT) instruction. Three learning disabled secondary students read more words correctly after VAKT instruction than after visual-auditory instruction and retained them longer. The instruction did not differentially affect the spelling of words.…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Multisensory Learning, Outcomes of Education, Reading Improvement
Whiteford, Emma B.; Norman, Jane – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1979
A pilot workshop was conducted to help teachers provide for the needs of home economics students with learning difficulties. Topics discussed include the use of questionnaires to assess students' preferred learning styles, the effect of sensory factors on learning, and the development of learning centers to individualize instruction. (SK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Environment, Home Economics, Home Economics Teachers
Peer reviewedSparks, Richard L.; And Others – Annals of Dyslexia, 1991
The Orton-Gillingham method, a multisensory structured language approach which adheres to the direct and explicit teaching of phonology, is presented as an alternative instructional strategy for dyslexic/learning-disabled or other "at risk" students learning a second language. A method for adapting this approach to teaching Spanish is…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, High Risk Students, Learning Disabilities, Multisensory Learning
Peer reviewedSkinner, Louise; Gillespie, Phyllis; Balkam, Lynda – Annals of Dyslexia, 1997
Presents an overview of preservice volunteer training at READ/San Diego, an adult literacy program. It discusses the program's informal assessment procedures that help identify possible language/learning disabilities and provide valuable information for instructional planning. Also described are selected multisensory teaching techniques designed…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Disability Identification, Educational Strategies, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedKenneweg, Silvia Gonzalez – Hispania, 1996
Spanish is the language recommended for "at-risk" students because of the correlation between the oral and written language. Students with dyslexia and other language problems can benefit from a suitable teaching method coupled with instructional materials and class activities that address their particular learning disorders. (four references)…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Dyslexia, High School Students, Instructional Materials
Fuller, Gerald B. – 1974
The author reviews attempts to categorize reading disabilities, describes a means of refining testing procedures to classify three diagnostic patterns of reading disorder, and reports results of application of those procedures with 172 children with reading disorders. Studies classifying poor readers by a verbal-performance pattern analysis of the…
Descriptors: Classification, Emotional Problems, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedWenig, Robert – Journal of Epsilon Pi Tau, 1978
Industrial arts multisensory manipulative experience may provide a missing link in helping children, specifically learning disabled students, remediate their educational problems. Author examines research findings on right and left hemisphere functions and reviews an application of this knowledge in a teaching situation. (CSS)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Content Analysis, Educational Research, Industrial Arts
Peer reviewedPickering, Joyce S. – Montessori Life, 2003
This article discusses how children with oral and written language disorders can benefit from the Montessori method, especially if the Montessorian is trained to use a Multisensory Structured Language approach. Questions are answered regarding the number of children with learning disabilities, considerations in training the classroom assistant,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Dyslexia, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedMurphy, Erroleen; McLaughlin, T. F. – Reading Improvement, 1990
Examines the effects of a tactile and kinaesthetic teaching method on the spelling performance of a special education student. Finds improved accuracy in weekly tests but modest long-term retention when tracing target words with the index finger of the dominant hand. Finds overall improved scores when tracing was combined with dictation. (KEH)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Case Studies, Grade 4, Instructional Effectiveness
Dice-Ziegler, Barbara – 1988
The article outlines six strategies for teaching handwriting to learning disabled elementary students with differing instructional needs. A rationale for the use of each strategy is followed by a step-by-step description of the teaching procedure. Strategy goals include the following: (1) teaching the manuscript alphabet through letter pictures to…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Elementary Education, Handwriting, Hyperactivity
Andrulis, Richard S.; Alio, Jeanne P. – 1976
In 1974-1975, a preliminary study was undertaken to investigate the presence of learning disabilities in adults. Previously completed research studies have focused entirely upon the child and adolescent, with a direct concentration on remediation of this problem. Learning disabilities, currently estimated to afflict ten million school-aged…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Adult Learning, Cognitive Ability, Educational Research
