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A Literature Review of Academic Interventions for College Students with Learning Disabilities
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Zeng, Wen; Ju, Song; Hord, Casey – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2018
The number of students with learning disabilities (LD) enrolling in postsecondary education has increased rapidly over the past decade. It is imperative to investigate what interventions have been used to assist students with LD in achieving academic success. To examine the interventions currently used to support students with LD in postsecondary…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Intervention, College Students, Learning Disabilities
Evaluating Reading and Mathematics Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Synthesis of Observation Research
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McKenna, John William; Shin, Mikyung; Ciullo, Stephen – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2015
Systematically observing instruction for students with learning disabilities (LD) provides information regarding the quality of school-based interventions, allocation of instructional time, and other implementation variables associated with student outcomes. In this synthesis, observation studies of reading and mathematics instruction from 2000 to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Reading Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Observation
Self-Regulation Strategies to Improve Mathematical Problem Solving for Students with Learning Disabilities
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Montague, Marjorie – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2008
This article provides a review of research in cognitive strategy instruction for improving mathematical problem solving for students with learning disabilities (LD). The particular focus is on one of the salient components of this instructional approach--self-regulation. Seven studies utilizing this approach for teaching problem solving to…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Skills
Material-Appropriate Processing: Implications for Remediating Recall Deficits in Students with Learning Disabilities.
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McDaniel, Mark A.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
The article examines whether the material-appropriate processing approach can anticipate and explain the mnemonic effects of elaborative encoding tasks and study adjuncts for less able learners. Evidence suggests that less able learners are not capable of spontaneously exploiting the affordances of the to-be-learned material without appropriate…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Memory
Knowing the How and Why of History: Expectations for Secondary Students with and without Learning Disabilities.
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De La Paz, Susan; MacArthur, Charles – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2003
This article reviews social studies instructional approaches for secondary students with mild disabilities, with an emphasis on methods that provide access to the general education curriculum. It highlights research findings on domain-specific instructional approaches for teaching social studies concepts such as historical understanding and…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Inclusive Schools, Learning Strategies, Literacy
Process and Product: A Review of the Research on LD Children's Writing Skills.
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Lynch, Ellen M.; Jones, Sheila Dove – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
The article reviews the research on composition and transcription writing skills conducted with elementary-aged learning-disabled students and published during the last five years. Conclusions are drawn concerning the influence of: text production method, specific interventions, text structure knowledge, word presentation form, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Handwriting, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Mnemonic Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: What It Is and What It Does.
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
This article describes the concept and varieties of mnemonic instruction and how mnemonics interacts with the specific learning characteristics of learning-disabled students. The effectiveness of the techniques, as reported in research studies, is described. Implications for classroom instruction and further research are provided. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
A Multidirectional Model for Assessing Learning Disabled Students' Intelligence: An Information-Processing Framework.
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Swanson, H. Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1988
The information processing approach to the assessment of learning disabled students' intellectual performance includes decisions about: (1) relationship between hypothesis testing and overall performance, (2) the knowledge base for strategy development, (3) coordination of search strategies, (4) metacognition, and (5) problem solving strategies.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Linguistic Transitions and Learning Disabilities: A Strategic Learning Perspective.
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Wiig, Elisabeth H. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
The paper describes and advocates process-oriented rather than product-oriented approaches to language intervention for students with language-learning disabilities. The paper discusses the need for different reasoning strategies in language intervention, a "levels of competence" macromodel for language intervention, a process-oriented micromodel,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Language Acquisition
Writing and Writing Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: Review of a Research Program.
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Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
This review of the University of Maryland's research program in written language indicates that the writing difficulties of students with learning disabilities stem, in part, from problems with basic text production skills, scant knowledge about writing, and difficulties with planning and revising text. The effectiveness of various instructional…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies