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Download full textERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 17 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of an experimental program for reluctant readers on reading ability, writing ability, and self-concept; (2) the effects of a cross-age tutoring…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Doctoral Dissertations
Higbee, Jeanne L.; And Others – 1989
Information on types of learning disabilities (i.e. dyslexia and dyscalculia) is presented to help professionals in the field of higher education learn about how to identify learning disabled (LD) students, appropriate accommodations and modifications, special services, resources for referral, policy implications, and legal issues. Due to improved…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Failure, College Students, Developmental Disabilities
Presseisen, Barbara Z. – 1987
A study examined the cognitive development of at-risk students (those who have experienced difficulty or failure in their careers as learners), focusing on such groups as potential drop-outs, minority children, and disabled students (dsylexic or non-English speaking), as well as teaching thinking to this same student population. Although research…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Failure, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
ELLINGSON, CARETH – 1967
INTENDED FOR PARENTS AND CLASSROOM TEACHERS, THE BOOK TRANSLATES THE OFTEN TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE WHICH ALREADY EXISTS CONCERNING CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISORDERS. DYSLEXIA (THE LACK OF ABILITY OR INABILITY TO READ) IS DISCUSSED, AND TWO CASE STUDIES ARE PROVIDED. MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION AND THE RANGE OF ITS TERMINOLOGY AND SYMPTOMS…
Descriptors: Behavior, Case Studies, Children, Clinical Diagnosis
de Weck, Genevieve, Ed.; Sovilla, Jocelyne Buttet, Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers discusses various theoretical, clinical, and assessment issues in reading and writing delays and disorders. Topics include the following: integrating different theoretical approaches (cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, constructivism) into clinical approaches to reading and writing difficulties; difficulties of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Constructivism (Learning), Deafness, Dysgraphia
Currie, Paula S.; Wadlington, Elizabeth M. – 2002
This book is designed to help clinicians and teachers work more effectively with people with learning disabilities and their families. Chapter 1 provides an overview of learning disabilities. It presents commonly accepted medical and educational definitions, prevalence figures, and possible etiological explanations for various disorders. Chapter 2…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Adults, Attention Deficit Disorders, Check Lists
Williams, Jean – 2001
This document presents a total of 48 references and annotations of works published after 1995 that are in some way related to the topic of adult literacy, learning disabilities, and technology. The first part of the document presents annotations of 30 online articles, journal articles, books, and book articles devoted to the following topics:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Shapiro, Joan; Rich, Rebecca – 1999
This text provides information on learning disabilities in adults and offers practical ways to compensate. Chapters address: (1) definitions of learning disability; (2) etiology of learning disabilities; (3) our cognitive or thinking systems; (4) different assessment settings and some of the tests used to diagnose a learning disability; (5)…
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Deficit Disorders, Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis
Peer reviewedErion, Joel; Ronka, Carol S. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2004
Reading fluency has been identified as one of the necessary components for becoming a strong reader. Instructional techniques designed to improve reading fluency are generally easy to implement. Many parents are eager to assist in the growth of their children's academic skills. This article describes a procedure for improving oral reading fluency…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Reading Fluency, Goal Orientation, School Personnel
Direct linkJeffries, Sharman; Everatt, John – Dyslexia, 2004
This paper reports a study contrasting dyslexic children against a control group of children without special educational needs (SEN) and a group with varied SENs. Children's abilities were compared on tasks assessing phonological processing, visuo-spatial/motor coordination and executive/inhibitory functioning; being targeted for assessment based…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Reading Difficulties, Learning Problems, Educational Needs
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 38 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effect of phrase-segmented, antiphrase segmented, and standard text on the free recall and probed recall of third and fourth grade developmental readers;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading
MYKLEBUST, HELMER R., ED. – 1968
THE FIRST OF A SERIES DEALING WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES FROM A PSYCHONEUROLOGICAL STANDPOINT, THE VOLUME CONTAINS CURRENT DISCUSSIONS AND RESEARCH REPORTS. TEN AUTHORS FROM A VARIETY OF FIELDS CONTRIBUTE CHAPTERS, EACH WITH AN ACCOMPANYING LIST OF REFERENCES. THE EDITOR, H.R. MYKLEBUST, PROVIDES THE OPENING ARTICLE ON "LEARNING…
Descriptors: Child Development, Dyslexia, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Needs
Small, Robert D., Ed.; Thomas, Alice P., Ed. – 2001
This reference includes presentations that cover current research, best practices, and solutions to improve student achievement. The 25 chapters are: (1) "The Three Stories of Educational Reform: Inside; Inside/Out; Outside/In" (Michael Fullan); (2) "Hey, You with the Frontal Lobes: Brains for Educators, Educators of Brains"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Art Education, Attention Deficit Disorders
Itzkoff, Seymour W. – 1996
This nontechnical guide for parents and teachers examines learning to read from infants' babbling to the fluent reading of children reading independently for pleasure. Chapter 1, "Baby Speaks," describes language development in infancy. Chapter 2, "Our Alphabet: Language by Ear and by Eye," presents the alphabetic system and…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Dyslexia, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1984
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 19 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effects of group counseling on junior high remedial readers' self-concepts; (2) dysnomia and its relationship to subtypes of reading disabilities; (3) the…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Annotated Bibliographies, College Students, Compensatory Education
