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Cook, Ruth E.; Slife, Brent D. – Academic Therapy, 1985
The article addresses obstructions to problem solving (such as an overemphasis on learning facts) and suggests six steps to overcome those obstacles: (1) recognizing that the problem exists, (2) understanding the problem, (3) analyzing the problem, (4) considering alternative solutions, (5) choosing the best solution, and (6) evaluating the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes, Problem Solving
Neibart, Marilyn – Academic Therapy, 1986
The author reviews the role of logic problems in teaching thinking strategies to LD students. Devising one's own written logic problems is advocated to present less wordy tasks. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities, Logic, Logical Thinking
Horowitz, Jeff – Academic Therapy, 1986
The author presents ideas for allowing LD students to discover ways to improve their problem-solving skills. Activities touch upon the influence of the environment, the need for patience and planning, factors in sequencing and organization, and the importance of thoroughness and revision. (CL)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities
Kane, Martin – Academic Therapy, 1984
The second of two articles defines terms associated with in two contrasting cognitive approaches to promoting problem solving: the visual/spatial, holistic style (terms such as face recognition, impulsive) and the verbal analytic and detail-oriented style (terms such as logical, sequential, and focalized). (CL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Mild Disabilities
Valett, Robert E. – Academic Therapy, 1986
Learning disabled students need systematic instruction in thinking skills. Both individual clinical studies and group programs have proven such training effective. Some important thinking strategies include goal clarification, previewing, organization, questioning, imagining, predicting, checking results, humor, and self-monitoring techniques. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Margolis, Howard; Brannigan, Gary G. – Academic Therapy, 1987
A sequence is suggested for teachers working with parents in solving problems. Steps include: problem definition; problem analysis; generation of alternatives; establishment of criteria for selecting solutions; and evaluation and selection of solutions. (CB)
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Elksnin, Linda K.; Elksnin, Nick – Academic Therapy, 1989
Parent-teacher conferences offer an opportunity to cooperatively prevent and solve learning and behavior problems. The phases of a parent-teacher conference include: preconference phase (notification, preparation, agenda planning, and arranging environments); conference phase, which utilizes a problem-solving approach; and postconference phase,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Crank, Joe N. – Academic Therapy, 1988
To improve problem-solving skills of learning-disabled students, five attributes of problem solution are outlined: the solution's permanence, starting time, length of time required, ease of implementation, and creation of additional problems. Based on these attributes, a structured method for rating and choosing solutions to personal or social…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Logical Thinking
Ness, Jean E. – Academic Therapy, 1989
Issues that face learning-disabled students and their parents during the transition from a secondary to a postsecondary setting are explored, and recommendations are offered for consideration in resolving problems during this period. (JDD)
Descriptors: College Students, High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Parent Attitudes
Posthill, Suzanne M.; Roffman, Arlyn J. – Academic Therapy, 1990
The article describes typical conceptual problems that limit adolescents and young adults with learning disabilities in their efforts to become financially responsible. In a case study format, five money management problems are presented and resolved, including organizing financial records, budgeting, reconciling bank statements, and dividing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, High Schools, Home Management
Bengfort, Anne – Academic Therapy, 1987
The article provides step-by-step procedures for teaching learning-disabled students how to ask for teacher help. Procedures involve role playing a classroom situation as it had occurred, modeling a situation for problem resolution, role playing again, analyzing and synthesizing the modeling situation, and applying these steps to other classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Counseling Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Helping Relationship
Horner, Charlotte M. – Academic Therapy, 1987
A four-stage model, designed to shape learning disabled students' independent study skills and foster generalization of skills is presented: (1) ease students into a homework routine; (2) focus on time management; (3) teach problem-solving techniques; and (4) conclude in independent study with intermittent parent and teacher monitoring. (CB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Homework, Independent Study, Learning Disabilities
