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Direct linkStephen Ciullo; Alyson A. Collins; Steve Graham; Sagarika Kosaraju; Joong won Lee – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2025
Little information is available about how writing is taught in the classroom for students with learning disabilities. Researchers addressed this gap in the literature by conducting an observation study exploring the writing instruction of 66 fourth-grade teachers (31 special education; 35 general education). The aims of this study were to explore…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Writing Instruction, Grade 4
Rodgers, Wendy J.; Weiss, Margaret P.; Ismail, Hazim Aal – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2021
Specially designed instruction (SDI) is at the heart of special education. The broad legal definition of SDI allows special educators to customize it for students, but could lead to role ambiguity, particularly in inclusive classes where most students with learning disabilities receive services. To examine interpretations of SDI, we conducted a…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Special Education, Educational Research, Role Perception
Calhoon, Mary Beth; Berkeley, Sheri; Scanlon, David – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2019
How schools fulfill Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) requirements has evolved. Decades of general and special education reforms have led to dramatic increases in expectations for students in special education to be included in the general education classroom and curriculum and to achieve to the same high standards as their general…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Public Education, Special Education, Inclusion
Scanlon, David; Calhoon, Mary Beth; Berkeley, Sheri – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2021
Since its inception, a premise of special education has been to provide students with disabilities with an appropriate education. The interpretation of "appropriate" has evolved across eras of special education. For students with learning disabilities, emphases on inclusion and high-stakes achievement have eroded the intention of FAPE.…
Descriptors: Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Access to Education, Learning Disabilities
Coolong-Chaffin, Melissa; Wagner, Dana – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2015
As implementation of multi-tiered systems of support becomes common practice across the nation, practitioners continue to need strategies for intensifying interventions and supports for the subset of students who fail to make adequate progress despite strong programs at Tiers 1 and 2. Experts recommend making several changes to the structure and…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction
Brigham, Frederick J.; Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2011
Students with learning disabilities (LD) are increasingly expected to master content in the general education curriculum, making the need for effective instructional supports more important than ever before. Science is a part of the curriculum that can be particularly challenging to students with LD because of the diverse demands it places on…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Verbal Learning, Experiential Learning, Effect Size
