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Vickers, Melanie – Academic Therapy, 1984
A math teacher recounts how six weeks of computer assisted instruction, about which she had been very skeptical at first, resulted in substantial gains for six learning disabled students in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. (CL)
Descriptors: Computation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction
Haynes, Jacqueline A.; Malouf, David B. – Academic Therapy, 1986
Learning disabled students can make more effective use of computer assisted instruction if they incorporate four metacognitive strategies: (1) awareness of task goals, (2) knowledge of applicable learning strategies, (3) selection of appropriate learning strategies, and (4) self-monitoring. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Evans, William H.; Stritch, Thomas M. – Academic Therapy, 1983
Computers should not supplant other forms of basic instruction for learning disabled students. Overreliance on computers could lead to difficulties for students with poor visual skills and to inadequate practice for students with motor problems. (CL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Moyles, Laura C.; Newell, Jeanne – Academic Therapy, 1982
The Learning Skills Program at Cabrillo College (Aptos, California) utilizes microcomputers to provide diagnostic and instructional services to learning disabled adults enrolled in this two-year community college. (SW)
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Microcomputers
Cosden, Merith A.; Lieber, Joan – Academic Therapy, 1986
Teachers' decisions regarding size and composition of student groups working at the computer can have positive cognitive and social effects for both handicapped and nonhandicapped students. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Learning Disabilities
Furst, Miriam – Academic Therapy, 1983
A resource room teacher describes the versatility of a microcomputer in programing for learning disabled or emotionally handicapped students (grades K-8). She cites the microcomputer's contributions to student self-concept. (CL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities
Berkell, Dianne E. – Academic Therapy, 1984
Guidelines for evaluating and selecting software for computer assisted instruction of learning disabled students touch on technical adequacy, instructional effectiveness, and matters of presentation format (rate, modality, feedback, and reinforcement aspects.) (CL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Disabilities
Rieth, Herbert J.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1984
SPELL MASTER, a microcomputer-based spelling instruction system, provides the basis from which teachers can individualize learning disabled students' spelling lessons. Additional features include provision of daily and cumulative reports and establishment of criterion-referenced tests to place and monitor spelling performance. (CL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Smith, Patricia L.; Tompkins, Gail E. – Academic Therapy, 1984
Ten teacher guidelines for selecting computer software programs for learning disabled students are outlined. (JW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education
Cassady, Judith K. – Academic Therapy, 1985
A learning disabled teenager with vision and language impairments learned to read in a summer session using microcomputers in creative writing. The teacher emphasized his interests in selecting reading materials and stressed the ability to relate concepts verbally. (CL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Writing, High Schools
Chadwick, Sandra S.; Watson, J. Allen – Academic Therapy, 1986
The computer's role in matching instructional content and method to the learning disabled student's individual cognitive style is examined for the four phases of instructional delivery: assessment, prescription, evaluation, and instruction. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Diagnostic Teaching
DeBonis, Donna M.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1982
Learning disabled, educable mentally retarded, trainable mentally retarded, and gifted students (fifth through eighth grade) participated in a supplemental computer-assisted project in the Farrell Middle School (Farrell, Pennsylvania) to improve students' skills in the areas of computation, concept development, problem solving, and application.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Gifted
