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Torgesen, Joseph K.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1987
Three studies evaluated the effectiveness of using verbatim text recordings to increase learning disabled high school students' reading comprehension and learning ability. Use of the recordings did produce performance gains, especially when used in conjunction with completion of a related worksheet. (DB)
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Relating Text-Processing Research to Reading and Writing Instruction for Learning Disabled Students.
Seidenberg, Pearl L. – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1989
Research on text processing is reviewed including the role of text structure and summarization ability. Implications for the instruction of learning-disabled students include strategy instruction and instruction in such text processing skills as identifying main idea and identifying text structure. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Smith, Gayle; Bos, Candace S. – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1987
Two articles look at effective practices with the learning disabled. The first, "Facilitating Mainstreaming through a School-Wide Study Skills Program" (Gayle Smith), stresses one skill each month. "Semantic Feature Analysis: An Interactive Teaching Strategy for Facilitating Learning from Text" (Candace Bos and Patricia Anders) offers a method for…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Wong, Bernice Y. L.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1986
A study evaluating a self-questioning summarization strategy analyzed the learning and retention of social studies materials by learning-disabled and underachieving seventh- and eighth-graders (N=8). All students learned and maintained the summarization strategy (sometimes with individualized modifications) which effectively increased retention.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Instructional Effectiveness, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities
