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Peer reviewedSwanson, H. Lee; Deshler, Donald – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
This article applies results of a previous meta-analysis of effective instructional practices with adolescents who have learning disabilities focusing on the factor, "Organization/Explicit," which contributed significant variance to effect size. This factor included the important instructional components of advance organization and explicit…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Drills (Practice), Educational Research, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedSpear-Swerling, Louise; Sternberg, Robert J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This article describes a theoretical model of reading disability that integrates research findings in cognitive psychology, reading, and education. The model identifies four patterns of reading disability: (1) nonalphabetic readers, (2) compensatory readers, (3) nonautomatic readers, and (4) readers delayed in the acquisition of word recognition…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
