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Reading Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: An Observation Study Synthesis (1980-2014)
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Walker, Melodee A.; Stevens, Elizabeth A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2017
This article synthesizes observation studies investigating reading instruction for students with learning disabilities (LD) in Grades K-12. A systematic search of the literature between 1980 and 2014 resulted in the identification of 25 studies. In addition to replicating and extending E. A. Swanson's synthesis, the research questions of studies…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Observation, Elementary Secondary Education
Evaluating Reading and Mathematics Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Synthesis of Observation Research
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McKenna, John William; Shin, Mikyung; Ciullo, Stephen – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2015
Systematically observing instruction for students with learning disabilities (LD) provides information regarding the quality of school-based interventions, allocation of instructional time, and other implementation variables associated with student outcomes. In this synthesis, observation studies of reading and mathematics instruction from 2000 to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Reading Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Observation
Implementing Response to Intervention: Challenges of Diversity and System Change in a High Stakes Environment
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Cavendish, Wendy; Harry, Beth; Menda, Anne Maria; Espinosa, Anabel; Mahotiere, Margarette – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background: The Response to Intervention (RTI) approach involves the use of a dynamic model built around the systematic documentation of students' response to research-based instructional interventions. Although there has been widespread implementation of RTI models for early intervention and in some cases, as a means to identify students with…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Grounded Theory, Urban Schools, Cultural Pluralism
Culturally Responsive Instruction for English Language Learners with Learning Disabilities
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Orosco, Michael John; O'Connor, Rollanda – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2014
This case study describes the culturally responsive instruction of one special education teacher with Latino English language learners (ELLs) with learning disabilities in an urban elementary school setting. This study was situated in a social constructivist research based framework. In investigating this instruction with ELLs, this study focused…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Learning Disabilities, English Language Learners, Special Education Teachers
Effects of Emotional Needs on Participation of Children Aged 4-6 with Learning Disabilities in Early Childhood Centers in Starehe Division, Nairobi County, Kenya
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Lilian, Ganira Khavugwi; Odundo, Paul Amolo; Ngaruiya, Boniface – World Journal of Education, 2015
During early childhood, the foundations for emotional, social and spiritual well being of children with learning disabilities (CWLD) are laid. The CWLD emotional well being is influenced by all the experiences they go through. It is essential to provide warm, trusting relationships, predictable and safe environment, affirmation and respect for all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development, Inclusion
Teachers' Perspectives of Instructional Practices for Students with Reading Comprehension Learning Disabilities
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Thompson, Reginald M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Response-to-Intervention (RTI) strategies have been introduced across the country to assist students who demonstrate significant inabilities to achieve grade level competencies in major subject areas. However, despite its implementation in a southern California elementary school, 4th through 6th grade special education students with mild to…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Elementary School Students, Special Education, Mild Disabilities