Increased interest in research into school level environment has not been extended to special education in the United Kingdom, but J. E. Adams (1998) found evidence that differences in pedagogic practice between schools for children with moderate learning disability (MLD) and severe learning disability (SLD) were in part attributable to school…

Challenges will be created by proposed changes to post-school education and training for people with learning difficulties and disabilities. Two important bills have been proposed. The Learning and Skills Bill (LSB) changes the whole architecture of the post-school education and training sector. LSB sets up the Learning and Skills Council (LSC)…

This study investigated the attitudes and opinions of three students with and three students without learning disabilities regarding the use of computers for school-related work. The students (in grades 5 through 12) were selected from three school sites and interviewed in-depth. Analysis of interviews with open-coding procedures identified five…

This guide contains a selection of national resources to assist adults who suspect they may have a learning disability. The guide begins with information on assessing learning disabilities, recommendations for locating a qualified professional to conduct assessments appropriate for adults, and a list of questions to ask qualified professionals. A…

This paper argues that successful programs for students with learning disabilities provide ongoing, intensive, explicit, and direct instruction in learning strategies that enable students to become independent learners. It then describes SMARTER teaching, a method developed to help teachers shift their approaches to teaching to make them more…

A study examined the effects of commercially produced phonics software upon the phonemic awareness of students studying reading with the Herman Method for teaching reading. Participants were 13 middle school students in a self-contained or comprehensive developmental special education classroom. The control group of six students did not use the…

North Carolina has educated children with disabilities in its public schools since 1949-50, but it was not until 1977 that the General Assembly passed a law which required the state's public schools to provide special education for all children with disabilities. This law is Article 9, Special Education, of the North Carolina General Statutes,…

Disadvantaged, language handicapped, or visually impaired children can make puppets in class and use them to improve language development or raise self concept. (MC)

Reported was a followup study of intellectual and nonintellectual predictors at second or fifth grade levels of later high school achievement level and status of about 150 subjects. (DB)

Four components of reading speed were identified, and a measure of the first component, reading speed of known vocabulary, was investigated on a mixed sample of 84 boys (6 to 14 years old), which included a high proportion of retarded readers. (Author/GW)