In two experiments, learning disabled (LD) students were taught attributes of North American minerals via mnemonic instruction, free study, or a visual-spatial display condition similar to that proposed by Engelmann and Carnine (1982). In the first experiement, 36 junior high school-age LD students were taught specific attribute values (hardness =…

The study investigated whether a self control strategy training procedure was effective in improving compositions of two 12-year-old learning disabled students. Effects of training on three objective aspects of compositions (number of different action words, action helpers, and describing words) were investigated using a multiple baseline across…

Fifty students from intermediate level learning disabilities classrooms were administered the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking as pretests and posttests to measure the effectiveness of creativity instruction on the creative written expression of the subjects. For 14 weeks the Purdue Creative Thinking Program was used to stimulate the learning…

Learning-disabled junior high school students (N-36) were taught three dichotomous classifications for each of eight minerals; hardness level (hard-soft), color (pale-dark), and common use (home-industry). Ss were randomly assigned to three experimental conditions in order to learn this information. In the direct instruction condition, Ss were…

Discussed an educational program designed to meet the needs of children with specific learning disabilities. (RK)

Noted are international developments in the education of learning disabled children. (GW)

The mother of a child with specific learning disabilities recounts his progress from 18 months to 16-years-old and stresses the need for coordinated medical, educational, and parental action to identify and remediate learning problems. (LC)

Concluded that adolescents with learning disabilities exhibited quantitative and qualitative reductions in the recognition of affective cues which related to visual-motor organization. (RB)

The exclusion of culturally disadvantaged students from the general classification of students with learning disabilities is questioned. (Author)

Compared was the academic performance in the third grade of 75 children who had participated in the Complete Communication Development Program, a learning disabilities kindergarten, with the performance of 75 children in regular kindergartens. Stanford Achievement Test scores indicated that the Ss in the special class performed significantly lower…

The study compared 46 normal and learning disabled eighth graders as to their retention of nonsense syllables once mastery learning occurred. Groups were equated by intelligence, age, and sex and were presented ten nonsense syllables to be remembered. Each group studied the material until a predetermined percentage of the words could be recalled.…

Discussed is early identification of children having special educational or developmental needs, with emphasis on the use of screening to identify the potential high risk learner. Terms are defined and criteria to help select a screening instrument are given. The Zeitlin Early Identification Screening (ZEIS) is described as an example of a…

The resource teacher's role as a consultant for learning disabled children in the regular classroom requires the skill of consultation which includes establishment of a contract, a working alliance, and a communications system between the resource teacher and the regular teacher as well as criteria for evaluation and termination. (DB)