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A Policy Reader in Universal Design for Learning
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Gordon, David T., Ed.; Gravel, Jenna W., Ed.; Schifter, Laura A., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2009
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) stands at the forefront of contemporary efforts to create access to education curricula for all students, including those with disabilities. This policy reader comprises a notably wide range of articles that address the challenges and opportunities facing policy makers as they consider UDL's implications for…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Learning Theories, Teacher Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities
Toward a Procedure for Minimizing and Detecting False Positive Diagnoses of Learning Disability.
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Adelman, Howard S.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
The study investigated the degree to which a highly motivating computer game learning task could improve the differential diagnosis of adolescent students (N=23) with learning disabilities. Results suggest that a large proportion of students diagnosed as learning disabled are able to learn effectively when highly motivated. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Computer Assisted Testing, Games, Handicap Identification
The Effects of Repeated Reading on Two Types of CBM: Computer Maze and Oral Reading with Second-Grade Students with Learning Disabilities.
Swain, Kristine D.; Allinder, Rose M. – Diagnostique, 1996
Three second-grade students with learning disabilities were measured twice a week for 12 weeks on 2 types of curriculum-based measurement (computer maze and oral reading) and an intervention of repeated readings was implemented. Data indicated that the repeated reading intervention affected oral reading CBM, but not performance on the maze…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Curriculum Based Assessment, Informal Reading Inventories, Intervention
Effects of Ongoing Curriculum-Based Measurement on Student Awareness of Goals and Progress.
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1989
Nineteen learning-disabled and 10 emotionally disturbed pupils, aged 8-15, were assigned randomly to computer-assisted curriculum-based measurement (CBM), pen and paper CBM, and contrast groups. CBM students exhibited more specific knowledge of their spelling goals and felt they received more frequent and more graphic displays of performance…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods
Effects of Computer-based Test Accommodations on Mathematics Performance Assessments for Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Calhoon, Mary Beth; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Hamlett, Carol L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2000
Over four weeks, 81 secondary students with learning disabilities were tested on four parallel mathematics performance assessments, each under a different condition: standard administration, teacher-read, computer-read, and computer-read with video. Results indicated that providing a reader, either human or computer, increased scores on…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Uses in Education, Learning Disabilities
Scaffolding and Integrated Assessment in Computer Assisted Learning (CAL) for Children with Learning Disabilities
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Beale, Ivan L. – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
Computer assisted learning (CAL) can involve a computerised intelligent learning environment, defined as an environment capable of automatically, dynamically and continuously adapting to the learning context. One aspect of this adaptive capability involves automatic adjustment of instructional procedures in response to each learner's performance,…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Student Evaluation, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Young Children
Strategies for Teaching Exceptional Children in Inclusive Settings.
Meyen, Edward L., Ed.; And Others – 1996
The 20 chapters of this book on teaching students with disabilities in inclusive settings are arranged into four parts on curriculum and instruction, assessment, classroom management, and collaboration. Individual chapters and their authors are: (1) "Curriculum Considerations in an Inclusive Environment" (Cynthia D. Warger and Marleen C. Pugach);…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques