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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A.; Berkeley, Sheri L.; Marshak, Lisa – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2010
This article presents information on using mnemonic strategies to enhance learning and memory of students with mild disabilities. Different types of mnemonic strategies are described, including the keyword method, the pegword method, and letter strategies. Following this, a number of teachers describe their own applications of mnemonic strategies…
Descriptors: Mild Mental Retardation, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Anatomy
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Steele, Marcee M. – Social Studies, 2007
Because of recent legislation, many students with mild disabilities enroll in high school social studies courses in general education rather than special education settings. Therefore, teachers may have students with learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, communication disorders, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in their history,…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Memory, Learning Problems, Social Studies
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Elementary School Journal, 1992
Presents a model of empirically supported instructional strategies for optimizing the mainstreaming of mildly handicapped students. Argues that such a model must account for the actual characteristics of mainstreamed students rather than the categorical designation applied to such students. The model is described within an overall model of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Disorders, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education