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Damico, Jack S.; Abendroth, Kathleen J.; Nelson, Ryan L.; Lynch, Karen E.; Damico, Holly L. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2011
This research report provides additional data, manifestations and discussion about avoidance strategies employed by a language-learning disabled student during reading activities. Rather than seeing avoidance as due to random distractions or oppositional behaviours, these data provide a rationale for viewing many types of avoidance as systematic…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
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Sachs, Arlene – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
Thirty-six learning disabled children (9-12 years old) participated in a modified Directed Reading Activity, a modified Concept Analysis Activity, and a Worksheet Activity (control). Results indicate that evaluative reading comprehension was more affected by both the modified Concept Analysis Activity and the modified Directed Reading Activity…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities
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Pany, Darlene; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1982
The effects of vocabulary instruction on word knowledge and reading comprehension were investigated. Average students learned some word synonyms under all conditions except a noninstructional control condition. However, learning disabled students acquired fewer meanings across all conditions and seemed to require more direct instruction in order…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research