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Peer reviewedBrooks, Allison; Vaughan, Katherine; Berninger, Virginia – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1999
Seventeen fourth and fifth graders with severe writing disabilities received a weekly one-hour individual tutorial which focused equally on transcription (handwriting and spelling) and composition skills. Students showed reliable improvement in composition and handwriting automaticity but not in spelling. Suggestions for teaching phonological…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Handwriting, Individualized Instruction
Sherman, Lee; Lewis, Bryan; Ramsey, Betsy; Tibbetts, Daniel; Kaplan, Kay; Berninger, Virginia – Northwest Education, 2003
Interviews with a learning disabled student, parent activist, teacher, tutor, and researcher reveal that learning disabilities are neurologically caused, not the result of low motivation or dysfunctional families. A variety of educational practices are explained that accommodate different learning styles of children with learning disabilities. It…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Advocacy, Cognitive Style, Dyslexia
