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Systematically Applying UDL to Effective Practices for Students with Learning Disabilities
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Cook, Sara Cothren; Rao, Kavita – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2018
Based on the premise that instruction should be designed from the outset to reduce barriers, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines provide a set of flexible options and scaffolds to ensure access for all learners. Using the UDL framework, teachers and researchers can systematically adapt effective practices that have been established by…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Best Practices, Access to Education, Guidelines
Evaluating Reading and Mathematics Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Synthesis of Observation Research
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McKenna, John William; Shin, Mikyung; Ciullo, Stephen – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2015
Systematically observing instruction for students with learning disabilities (LD) provides information regarding the quality of school-based interventions, allocation of instructional time, and other implementation variables associated with student outcomes. In this synthesis, observation studies of reading and mathematics instruction from 2000 to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Reading Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Observation
Universal Design for Learning: Technology and Pedagogy
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King-Sears, Margaret – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2009
When educators hear the term "universal design for learning" (UDL), most associate it with technology. However, UDL is not solely about the use of technology in education. UDL is also about the pedagogy, or instructional practices, used for students with and without disabilities. The concept of universal design, which originated in the field of…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Learning Disabilities, Educational Technology, Access to Education
Legal Eligibility of Students with Learning Disabilities: Consider Not Only RTI but Also [section] 504
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Zirkel, Perry A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2009
The modern history of the legal protections for students with learning disabilities in K-12 education focuses on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which is funding legislation with detailed accompanying regulations that, respectively, are periodically revised as part of the reauthorization process. In contrast, Section 504 of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Secondary LD Curricula--A Proposed Framework
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Touzel, Susan W. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1978
In order to develop a framework for a model secondary learning disabilities (LD) curriculum, a panel of 44 national experts was surveyed using a three round Delphi probe to arrive at a concensus concerning the desirable components of an LD curriculum. (PHR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Individualized Instruction, Interpersonal Competence
An Approach to Operationalizing the I.E.P.
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Hudson, Floyd G.; Graham, Steve – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1978
For availability, see EC 103 600 Presented is a comprehensive procedure for the development and implementation of an individual educational program (IEP) for learning disabled students. (IM)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education
Mathematics and Learning Disabled Youth: The Upper Grade Levels.
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Cawley, John F.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1978
The article presents a revised model for individualized mathematics programing for the learning disabled adolescent. (PHR)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Assessment, Fractions, Geometry
Educating the Learning Disabled Adolescent: Some Assumptions.
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Wiederholt, J. Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1978
The author identifies assumptions which, though not firmly validated by research, are suggested as bases for effective assessment and instruction of learning disabled adolescents. (PHR)
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Planning
General Educators' Instructional Adaptation for Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1998
Reviews the research on instructional adaptations in mathematics used by general educators with students having learning disabilities. After a summary of levels and types of instructional adaptation, the article reviews methods for extending adaptation strategies and studies of teachers' planning methods and associated learning outcomes for…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Individualized Instruction
Tutorial Interventions for Writing Disabilities: Comparison of Transcription and Text Generation Processes.
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Brooks, Allison; Vaughan, Katherine; Berninger, Virginia – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1999
Seventeen fourth and fifth graders with severe writing disabilities received a weekly one-hour individual tutorial which focused equally on transcription (handwriting and spelling) and composition skills. Students showed reliable improvement in composition and handwriting automaticity but not in spelling. Suggestions for teaching phonological…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Handwriting, Individualized Instruction