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Applied Digital Method: Alternative to Analog.
Creekmore, W. N.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1985
The article reviews traditional analog time-telling instruction and introduces an alternative approach for learning disabled and other mildly handicapped students. The applied digital approach couples concrete instructional techniques with murals depicting time-related actions of student's day. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities, Mild Disabilities, Teaching Methods
Writing Numerals--Suggestions for Helping Children.
Burton, Grace M. – Academic Therapy, 1982
The article discusses ways to help learning disabled and other young children learn to write numerals through the use of fading, development of prewriting skills, analysis of numeral form, and avoidance of reversals. The issue of dominance is briefly discussed. Sixteen learning activities prior to using worksheets are listed. (DB)
Descriptors: Handwriting, Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities, Primary Education
Laterality Training: Too Much Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
Kovitz, Valerie S. – Academic Therapy, 1980
The article suggests activities to help learning disabled children develop awareness of the differences between right and left. Techniques for combining movement, language, and sensory skills as well as for using musical, visual, and tactile stimuli are described. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Training Attention Focus: Suggestions for Parents.
Goodman, Eileen – Academic Therapy, 1978
The article gives suggestions for parents on activities which will help their young children learn to focus their attention and also help develop skills such as sorting, matching, listening, and memorizing. (PHR)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Early Childhood Education, Learning Activities, Parent Participation
Teaching Reading to the Child with Perceptual Deficits
Shore, Bernard; Riegel, Paula – Academic Therapy, 1978
The article reviews techniques which incorporate visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modalities in developing reading skills of perceptually handicapped students. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities, Learning Modalities, Perceptual Development
What to Do about Comprehension.
Coe, Anthony W. – Academic Therapy, 1987
Among 26 techniques presented to assist elementary school students in four major areas of reading comprehension (literal, inferential, critical, and creative) are: visualization of a story's mood and setting; research and discussion about a story's author; and reflection on the significance of a historical story. (CB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
Combined Spelling--It Works.
Zylstra, Barbara Jean – Academic Therapy, 1989
A spelling program was devised for learning-disabled students, using elements from "Signs for Sounds," the Cloze method, and "Auditory Discrimination In-Depth." Day-by-day use of the program involves drawing word pictures, spelling the words with tiles and blocks, writing on the board, using the words in written sentences, spelling bees, etc. (JDD)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Cloze Procedure, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Modifying the Environment for Children with Poor Listening Skills.
McShane, Edward A.; Jones, Ellen L. – Academic Therapy, 1990
Guidelines are offered for modifying the classroom environment to develop better listening skills in children with poor listening skills. Included are general considerations about the characteristics and needs of children with poor listening skills, specific activities in the classroom to enhance skills in these children, and whole-class listening…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Communication Disorders, Learning Activities
Secondary and College LD Bypass Strategies.
Mosby, Robert J. – Academic Therapy, 1981
The author describes the Developmental By-Pass (DBP) Instructional technology for teaching secondary and college learning disabled (LD) students by allowing students to bypass ordering and organizational deficits. (SB)
Descriptors: Advocacy, College Students, Developmental Stages, Higher Education
Remedial Math Activities.
Giordano, Gerard – Academic Therapy, 1987
Ten remedial mathematics exercises are provided for children who have failed to integrate or apply their math skills. The exercises provide remediation through systematic experimentation, rather than abstract drills, by using number-configuration distinction with blocks, fractioned candy bars, decimal match sticks, graphed pictures, etc. (JDD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Children Confront Civil War Issues: Using Literature as an Integral Part of the Social Studies Curriculum.
Crook, Patricia R. – Academic Therapy, 1990
Using the Civil War as the organizing structure, the teacher's role in developing a coordinated set of learning activities in language arts and social studies is outlined. Implementation of the unit involves engaging students' attention, involving students in an ongoing dialogue about content material, and moving into text material with increased…
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities