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Patton, Sandra; Hutton, Eve – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2017
Children with Down Syndrome typically experience difficulties with attention to task and lack motivation when learning to write. This article provides an evaluation of the HWT (Handwriting Without Tears) method applied as an intervention to promote handwriting among children with Down Syndrome attending mainstream school in the Republic of…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Attention, Writing (Composition), Student Motivation
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Pfenninger, Simone E. – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
This study investigates the interrelation of motivation, autonomy, metacognition, and L3 gains made as a function of three months of intervention with computer software specifically designed for the private use of dyslexic Swiss German learners of Standard German as a second language (L2) and English as a third language (L3). Based on…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Student Motivation, Personal Autonomy, Metacognition
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Fisher, Helen – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2012
This article explores a Special Educational Needs Coordinator's experience of progressing from a "mainstream + SEN" approach to inclusion, defined as an extrinsically inclusive model, and perhaps more closely aligned to integration, towards a model of intrinsic inclusiveness. A three-tiered reading/spelling programme was implemented, using a…
Descriptors: Multisensory Learning, Teaching Methods, Inclusion, Mainstreaming
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Al-Hroub, Anies – Gifted and Talented International, 2009
The current study investigates how two groups of mathematically gifted pupils with learning difficulties (MG/LD) change/do not change their attitudes towards, and beliefs about, mathematics over five weeks during which they received two different instructional programs in mathematics. Thirty pupils (16 girls and 14 boys), aged 10 years to 11 years…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Gifted, Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries
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Verdugo, Dolores Ramirez – Language Awareness, 2006
Learning the intonation of a foreign language entails complex perceptive and productive processes mostly beyond the common awareness level. Its instruction demands a thorough understanding of its prosodic features and the appropriate pedagogical practices and resources. This paper reports the findings from a computer-assisted study of the learning…
Descriptors: Intonation, Multisensory Learning, Teaching Methods, Pretests Posttests
Phares, Barbara Georgeson – 1997
This study examined the effects of grouping students by ability or achievement on middle school students' academic achievement. Mathematics achievement scores from the California Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) were obtained from 25 seventh graders randomly selected from a group of 80 who had received instruction in an ability-grouped setting for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Organization, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning