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Alternatives in the Assessment of the Learning Disabled Adolescent: A Learning Strategies Approach.
Wiener, Judith – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1986
The article presents informal assessment techniques for assessing classroom demands, written language, studying and test-taking skills, notetaking, and gaining information from text. The content of the assessment is conceptualized in terms of the University of Kansas learning strategies curriculum. A test down approach to assessment is suggested.…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Informal Assessment, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Identifying Learning Disabled Students: A Summary of the National Task Force Report.
Chalfant, James C. – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1985
A task force report on promising practices in identification touches upon the problem of identification, eligibility, pre-referral activities, teacher support teams, high-risk students, team decision making, and transitioning and exiting procedures. The need to clarify regular and special education roles in this matter is emphasized. (CL)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
A Component Analysis of Effective Learning Strategies for LD Students.
Ellis, Edwin S.; Lenz, B. Keith – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1987
Intended to assist teachers in evaluation of specific learning strategies for learning disabled students, the article summarizes 14 metacognitive strategies (sets of steps used by the student to talk his or her way through a problem) based on principles of rehearsal, transformation, organization, mnemonics, monitoring, motivation, and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
A Metacognitive Intervention for Increasing Class Participation.
Ellis, Edwin S. – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1989
The article presents a metacognitive intervention for teaching mainstreamed learning-disabled students four learning strategies for thinking before, during, and after class discussions. Instructional and assessment procedures used for teaching the strategies are described. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Group Discussion, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Identification and Remediation of Learning Disability Subtypes: Preliminary Findings.
Lyon, G. Reid – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1985
Current literature on identification and instructional remediation of subtypes of learning-disabled readers (LDR) are reviewed. Preliminary findings suggest that not all LDR children manifest the same oral language, memory, and perceptual deficits that impede decoding accuracy and efficiency and all do not respond equally well (or poorly) to the…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes
Making Every Minute Count: Academic Learning Time in LD Classrooms.
Wilson, Rich; Wesson, Caren – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1986
Suggestions for teachers who wish to increase academic learning time for learning-disabled students include: reducing transition time; shortening recess or free time; creating more teacher-led instructional groups; teaching more and testing less; increasing teacher questioning; increasing teacher enthusiasm; improving seatwork tasks; giving…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Positive Reinforcement
Self-Concept and Attributions of the Learning Disabled.
Bryan, Tanis H. – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1986
Studies of learning disabled students' self concept and attributions suggest that the passive learning style may reflect their beliefs that they are not in control of their destinies. The paper reviews strategies to help LD children acquire more adaptive notions about the causes of their successes and failures. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure
Computer-Assisted Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: Considerations for Practitioners.
Majsterek, David J.; Wilson, Rich – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1989
Following a description of findings from published research on computer assisted instruction with learning-disabled students, sources of software reviews and suggested criteria for software evaluation are provided. Stressed are the importance of a program's technical and instructional adequacy and the appropriateness of the materials for an…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education