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Goor, Mark; Polhill, Fay – 1991
The paper describes a program which replaced the "pull out" approach to providing remedial instruction to learning disabled middle school students with a "pull in" program characterized by participation of special education teachers in regular classes to facilitate learning for these students. The special education teachers help to modify the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Consultation Programs, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Download full textStavros, Denny – 1989
This evaluation of the 1988-89 Instrumental Enrichment (IE) program in selected special education classrooms in Detroit (Michigan) found that the program was partially successful in achieving its goals. IE uses a series of paper-and-pencil exercises and follow-up discussions to increase participants' academic achievement, improve behavior, and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Achievement, Attendance, Classroom Techniques
Magne, Olof – 1991
This literature review explores the phenomenon of dysmathematics and problems in its definition. Dysmathematics is suggested as a modern term for low achievement in mathematics. This document addresses: (1) concomitant variables associated with dysmathematics; (2) mathematical characteristics of dysmathematicians; (3) diagnosis and prescription…
Descriptors: Dyscalculia, Elementary Education, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries
Hillside School, Cushing, OK. – 1978
The catalog presents annotations for over 800 multimedia resources to be used in resource rooms for learning disabled students. The resources are organized according to the following topics: reading, math, language arts, science, social studies, economics, vocational education, study skills, affective domain, games, professional materials, tests,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Catalogs, Economics Education, Educational Games
Hillside School, Cushing, OK. – 1981
The catalog, a supplement to the Fifth Edition, presents annotations for approximately 120 multimedia resources to be used in resource and content area classrooms for learning disabled students in grades 7 through 12. Resources are organized according to the topics of reading, math, language arts, science, social studies, career and vocational…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Career Education, Catalogs, Games
East Texas State Univ., Commerce. Occupational Curriculum Lab. – 1983
This teacher's guide is part of an instructional series on small engine repair that is intended for use with mentally retarded and learning disabled students in general mechanical repair programs. Notes to the instructor cover equipment needed, preparation before teaching, and use of evaluation charts, transparency masters, audiovisual(s), and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Behavioral Objectives, Disabilities, Learning Activities
Mehan, Hugh; And Others – 1981
The Education for All Handicapped Students Act (PL 94-142) mandates a referral process for learning disabled or educationally handicapped students. To see how a local agency implemented the federal law, and to describe institutional decision making in general, the day-to-day decision making activities of educators in a California elementary school…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Hoy, Cheri A.; Gregg, K. Noel – 1984
The booklet, fifth in a series, examines the assessment and remediation of reading difficulties in adults with learning disabilities. The section on assessment concerns touches upon reading recognition difficulties, and includes a list of questions for investigating auditory, tactile, and visual processes. Reading comprehension difficulties are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Auditory Discrimination, Informal Reading Inventories
Naiman, Doris W. – 1988
The monograph reports on a model which integrates computer telecommunication technology with a social interaction approach to teach literacy skills to disabled students. The model was implemented and evaluated over a 3-year period with 91 students, 12 to 18 years of age, in 10 schools serving students who are deaf, emotionally disturbed, mentally…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Communication Skills, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Rodriguez, Richard F. – 1989
Biased assessment instruments and practices can lead to over-representation of minority children in special education classes. This paper analyzes the amount of variance in Mexican-American achievement test scores attributable to sociocultural factors. Fifty learning disabled Mexican-American elementary school students completed the Peabody…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Cultural Influences, Educational Diagnosis
Lyons, Carol A. – 1987
A three-part study examining the efficacy of a reading recovery program for learning disabled first grade students is described in this paper. An introduction outlines the Ohio Reading Recovery project and explains the purpose of the study. Part 1 describes the first phase of the study, in which 110 poor readers, including 35 learning disabled…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Oral Reading
Texas Planning Council for Development Disabilities, Austin. – 1990
This resource guide contains 91 one-page profiles of Texas agencies and consultants providing assistive technology services to persons with disabilities. Profiles are in alphabetical order and contain general information (name, address, phone number, contact person, cost of services, population served, number served, waiting list, and referral…
Descriptors: Adults, Agencies, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Children
Smith, Margaret; Dalheim, Zoe – 1990
Project READ had a two-fold purpose: to improve the reading levels of diagnosed learning disabled adults, and to investigate the following research questions: (1) which of three teaching approaches selected for this study is most effective for reading disabled adults? (2) what is effective assessment? and (3) how may the impact of reading…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Dyslexia
Yau, Maria; And Others – 1990
Fifty-six Toronto (Ontario, Canada) seventh-grade and eighth-grade learning-disabled students whose handwriting was very difficult to read were randomly assigned to either an experimental or comparison group. Experimental group students were loaned a portable computer to use freely at school and at home during the course of the experiment.…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Handwriting, Instructional Effectiveness
Parker, Richard; Tindal, Gerald – 1989
The reliability, sensitivity, and criterion-related validity of concept comparison (CC) ratings and computer-derived multidimensional scaling (MDS) maps were studied as ways of assessing reading comprehension. Fifteen experts (2 district coordinators and 13 reading specialists/special education teachers) were included in this study. Reliability…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Learning Disabilities, Multidimensional Scaling
