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Ostertag, Bruce A.; Rambeau, John – Academic Therapy, 1982
The "Rewriting Technique" (which reduces a textbook chapter, article, or story to a desired reading level) is a method for meeting the reading needs of secondary level learning disabled students. (SW)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Material Development, Readability, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedSchultz, Jerelyn B.; Torrie, Margaret – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1984
Evaluated an instructional approach that combines the use of student worktexts with other strategies for mainstreamed classes. Found that increased learning resulted for normal, mentally handicapped, and learning disabled students. Recommends the development of student worktexts that coordinate with teacher materials. (JOW)
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Material Development
Peer reviewedWoodward, John; Noell, John – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
Two programs are described for teaching earth science and introductory chemistry to secondary students with learning disabilities. Development of the two models involved curriculum revision to engage students in higher order thinking, teaching fewer topics in more depth, and design of materials to provide an integrated, problem-solving basis for…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Earth Science, Instructional Materials, Integrated Activities
Download full textOhio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1985
Because many handicapped students leave high school without a reasonable knowledge of the world of work, a clear understanding of self in relationship to potential occupational pursuits, or a mastery of the basic skills required to function in different occupational roles, the National Center for Research in Vocational Education developed and…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
Gardner, David C.; And Others – 1979
Volume 1 of the final report on Project HIRE reports the design, development, field-testing, and refining of self-instructional packages to teach entry level technical vocabulary to learning handicapped students mainstreamed in vocational programs. Volume 2, a management handbook, reports the methods and findings concerning development of…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Evaluation, Individual Instruction, Information Dissemination
Iwler, Irvin H.; And Others – 1983
A project developed six inservice brochures and a summary booklet that defined the handicapped conditions that affect vocational students in an effort to increase vocational educators' awareness of what it is like to be a special student. The brochures also identify how students with specific handicaps learn and illustrate the techniques and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Educational Resources, Emotional Disturbances
Gardner, David C.; Beatty, Grace Joely – 1979
Within the context of the major objectives of developing, field testing, and refining the curriculum materials described in volume 1 of this final report (CE 024 117), Volume 2 describes and critiques the management system used by Project HIRE in that development process. (See Note for availability of curriculum materials.) Chapter 1 introduces…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Course Content
Evans, Shirley J.; Evans, Gerald – 1980
A project was conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of competency-based, individualized instruction as a teaching technique in vocational welding programs for students with varying backgrounds, abilities, and special needs. Five Missouri area vocational schools participated in the project by field testing and evaluating welding instructional…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Disabilities
