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Peer reviewedKossack, Sharon; Hoffman, Edwina – Journal of Reading, 1987
Provides information on how to use newspaper comic strips with reluctant, older disabled readers because the visual nature of the comics helps reading comprehension. Activity types include: (1) categorizing; (2) finding main ideas; (3) comparing; (4) determining cause-effect relationships; and (5) predicting outcomes. (SKC)
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Comics (Publications), Learning Disabilities, Newspapers
Download full textBalajthy, Ernest; Waring, Eileen Whitcraft – 1988
Recent research in the field of learning disabilities and other sources of information which may prove useful to college-level reading instructors in teaching the college-level dyslexic are summarized in this paper. The paper identifies research on techniques of formal and informal assessment, psychological and social factors, and remediation…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dyslexia
