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Direct linkScruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A.; Berkeley, Sheri L.; Marshak, Lisa – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2010
This article presents information on using mnemonic strategies to enhance learning and memory of students with mild disabilities. Different types of mnemonic strategies are described, including the keyword method, the pegword method, and letter strategies. Following this, a number of teachers describe their own applications of mnemonic strategies…
Descriptors: Mild Mental Retardation, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities, Anatomy
Download full textAl-Hilawani, Yasser A.; And Others – 1994
This study examined the effects of the second level (intermediate acoustical processing of rhyming words) and the third level (deep-semantic processing of words in sentences) of the "levels of processing" framework on memory performance of four types of intermediate-grade students (52 "normal" students, 50 students with…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Emotional Disturbances, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities
Steele, Marcee M. – Social Studies, 2007
Because of recent legislation, many students with mild disabilities enroll in high school social studies courses in general education rather than special education settings. Therefore, teachers may have students with learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, communication disorders, and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in their history,…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Memory, Learning Problems, Social Studies
Peer reviewedScruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Exceptional Children, 1992
Evaluation of a classroom mnemonic instructional method to teach science content to 19 mildly disabled students (grades 6-8) found mnemonic instruction resulted in improved initial content acquisition, higher delayed-recall scores than traditional instructional procedures, and generalization of mnemonic strategies to novel content. Students…
Descriptors: Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedScruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Elementary School Journal, 1992
Presents a model of empirically supported instructional strategies for optimizing the mainstreaming of mildly handicapped students. Argues that such a model must account for the actual characteristics of mainstreamed students rather than the categorical designation applied to such students. The model is described within an overall model of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Disorders, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
