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Peer reviewedSalembier, George B.; Cheng, Lia Cravedi – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1997
A step-by-step plan is presented for teaching a mnemonic strategy that students with and without learning disabilities can use to improve word recognition skills. The SCUBA-D strategy involves (1) Sounding it out, (2) Checking sentence clues; (3) Using main idea and picture clues, (4) Breaking words into parts, (5) Asking for help, and (6) Diving…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedSchworm, Ronald W. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
The use of visual phonics can help beginning readers or reading-disabled students overcome difficulties in word learning. The technique enhances the ability to identify grapheme-phoneme correspondences (usually appearing in the middle of words and useful for decoding) and prompts the learner to generalize these correspondences from one word to…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Download full textRodriguez-Brown, Flora V. – 1987
A study investigated the language transfer hypothesis in the specific area of second-language spelling. Data collected from 84 secondary school students learning Spanish as a second language show that in general, performance in English spelling is the best predictor of performance in Spanish spelling. Other variables included performance on a…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Learning Strategies, Linguistic Theory
Putnam, Lillian R., Ed. – 1996
Reflecting the diverse philosophies and experiences of clinicians and practitioners, this book presents 30 essays that address the identification of reading strengths and weaknesses, assessment, and instructional strategies for remediation. Chapters in the book are (1) "The Role of Vision in Reading Disability" (Lois B. Bing); (2) "Problems with…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Decoding (Reading), Dyslexia, Early Intervention
Meltzer, Lynn J.; And Others – 1996
Cost-effective classroom teaching strategies are provided for teachers working with students with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders in inclusive settings from late elementary through early high school levels. Section 1 discusses the importance of learning strategies and includes an overview of strategic learning in the…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Decoding (Reading)
Birsh, Judith R., Ed. – 1999
This text on multisensory structured language education (MSLE) provides the foundation for MSLE and offers components of instruction and effective teaching strategies that teachers can put into practice for students with dyslexia and others struggling to learn to read, write, and spell. Chapters include: (1) "Multisensory Instruction" (Louisa C.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Rearing, Decoding (Reading), Dyslexia
