The study involving 32 learning disabled elementary school students evaluated the effect of applying a mastery learning model to sight word instruction. Ss were taught 30 sight words in nine lessons over a period of 3 weeks. Lessons incorporated the following remedial principles: limiting the size of the teaching unit, giving discrimination…

As part of the activities at the Research Institute in Education of Learning Disabled Children, work was carried out with a group of about 30 children (grades 4 through 6) disabled in the comprehension of written language. Most of these children, when reading, went beyond using prior knowledge to provide schemata and interpretations; they…

The author reviews literature on fluency of decoding, sentence awareness or comprehension, and comprehension of larger than sentence texts, in relation to reading comprehension problems in learning disabled children. Initial sections look at the relation of decoding and fluency skills to skilled reading and differences between good and poor…

A national sample of 127 elementary and secondary teachers of learning disabled (LD) students completed surveys on the characteristics of LD students and the instructional procedures that work with them. Responses revealed extreme variability in the teachers' beliefs about LD students and effective instructional approaches. Further, few…

The study investigated differences in language development between two groups of learning disabled (LD) high school students, 40 LD students in secondary regular classes, and 40 LD students integrated into regular secondary classes and receiving additional support through learning resource centers. The Test of Adolescent Language (TOAL) was used…

Issues from the field of learning disabilities and the field of education in general which impact the learning disabled (LD) are discussed as they relate to research with LD adolescents and young adults. Based on the knowledge of the context in which the LD adolescent is required to function, a process research model that allows a commitment to…

To investigate task performance and the use of private speech and to examine the effects of a cognitive training approach, 30 learning disabled (LD) and 30 nonLD Ss (7 to 8 years old) were given a 17 piece wooden puzzle rigged so that it could not be completed correctly. Six variables were measured: (1) proportion of private speech that was task…

A survey of presidents of 21 local chapters of the California Association of Neurologically Handicapped Children--Association for Children with Learning Disabilities was conducted to investigate improvements in attitudes during the International Year of Disabled Persons (IYDP), the positive changes brought about by IYDP community activities, and…

Learning disabilities (LD) in adults, which can include problems in visual perception, auditory perception, intersensory development, motor skills, or directional abilities produce such academic problems as difficulty in thinking in an orderly and logical way and in dealing with time concepts. Accommodations for LD college students may include…

The author discusses the importance of questioning techniques in the instruction of learning disabled students. Factors affecting students' responses to questions are the strengths and weaknesses of the learner and the type and difficulty of the question asked. A systematic method of providing or following up on students answers, termed…