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Torgesen, Joseph K. – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1986
The paper cites research which suggests that computers be programmed to deliver effective practice in basic decoding skills. Three evaluation studies are presented that show how currently available programs can be used to increase decoding fluency in children with reading problems. (CL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
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
Lyon, G. Reid – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1985
Current literature on identification and instructional remediation of subtypes of learning-disabled readers (LDR) are reviewed. Preliminary findings suggest that not all LDR children manifest the same oral language, memory, and perceptual deficits that impede decoding accuracy and efficiency and all do not respond equally well (or poorly) to the…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes
Majsterek, David J.; Wilson, Rich – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1989
Following a description of findings from published research on computer assisted instruction with learning-disabled students, sources of software reviews and suggested criteria for software evaluation are provided. Stressed are the importance of a program's technical and instructional adequacy and the appropriateness of the materials for an…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education
