This brief paper considers ways in which people with learning disabilities can benefit from both mainstream and specialized computer hardware and software. First, definitions are provided of terminology, including terms such as dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, non-verbal learning disorder, and dyslexia. Discussion of the role of assistive…

Two studies addressed the relationship between elementary school students' knowledge of specific words and their comprehension of passages involving those words. In the first study, 39 students in grades 5 and 6 read 4 passages, answered comprehension questions, and defined words that were included in the questions. Most of the words in the…

This digest analyzes the definitions of disability in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It notes that, in order to be eligible for special education services under the act, the child must meet two criteria: (1) he/she must have one or more of the specific disabilities listed in the act, and (2)he/she must require special…

This document is designed to establish consistency in the definition and format to be used in developing early literacy standards and benchmarks. It articulates a set of standards and benchmarks that is based on current national and state standards documents and that reflects the foundational knowledge and developmental differences representative…

This study covered the formation of a concept of student morale described in terms of the concepts of humanistic psychology and the development of an instrument which would permit the measurement of student morale thus defined, (Author/RK)

Discussed individualized instruction for the artistically gifted child and identified factors which distinguish the gifted child from the average child. (Author/RK)

Article discussed speech defects and how to correct them. (RK)

Discusses the meanings of the words culture, bourgeoisie, and ideology as a prelude to analyzing the condition of contemporary society. (RK)

This study is aimed at trying to discover the isolable characteristics of intelligence, of the kind of mental processes which result from it, and of the relationship between intelligence and the formation of concepts. (Author)

The aim of this paper has been to produce a brief summary of the phenomenological perspective in sociology and to show how it has been, and might be, applied to the analysis of the school. (Author)