Promoting the development of students' scientific inquiry capabilities is a major learning objective in science education. As a result, teachers require effective assessment approaches to evaluate students' scientific inquiry-related performance. Teachers must also be able to offer appropriate supplementary instructions, as needed, to students.…

This article describes an instrument for diagnosing shorthand learning problems, with an outline of diagnostic activities and a student score sheet, and describes prescriptive activities to aid in solving or overcoming shorthand learning problems. Includes suggestions for improving reading rate, transcription, and dictation. (CT)

Innovative methods forcapturing the attention of problem learners are described. (CK)

Suggestions are made for overcoming these common learning problems: (1) can't stick to a task; (2) trouble organizing time and space when starting or finishing a task; (3) trouble dealing with verbal information; (4) visual and visual-motor difficulties; (5) trouble understanding spoken language; and (6) trouble memorizing. (JD)

This bibliography lists references related to diagnostic and prescriptive instruction in mathematics education. The references are given in alphabetical order, without annotation or categorization. (MNS)

Describes cognitive mapping, a practical, effective technique designed to help spot potential learning problems and avoid them. This method aids in matching students and courses, reduces the dropout rate, and helps improve students' learning performance. (Author)

Health educators are warned not to overlook the relationships among the academic, emotional, and social problems of a learning disability. (MM)

THE BASIC VIEWPOINT OF THIS CONFERENCE IS THAT CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES MUST BE EVALUATED INDIVIDUALLY ACCORDING TO THEIR SPECIFIC DYSFUNCTIONS AND PLACED IN EDUCATIONAL SETTINGS ACCORDING TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. IN THE FEATURED ADDRESS, "NEW APPROACHES IN EDUCATION FOR THE CHILD WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES," BARBARA BATEMAN…

The author reviews research on the use of the ability training model and the task analysis in diagnostic/prescriptive teaching for students with learning difficulties. (CL)

Author suggests some new ways to help solve learning problems in the classroom. (GB)

Readers are invited to test their abilities first in diagnosing the learning difficulties of a high school senior and then in prescribing the right kind of instructional program for him or her. (Author/MLF)

It was not known what recommendations were being offered by school psychologists to the teachers and parents of handicapped children. The investigator completed a survey and received 3,700 psycho-educational recommendations to aid such children. The concepts were classified, edited, and compiled into a manual for trainees and experienced…

The practicum was designed to identify and remediate the weaknesses in the learning abilities of 26 students in a top homogeneously grouped fourth grade class. Individual strengths and weaknesses for each student were identified by various factors and the 24 subtests of the Structure of the Intellect-Learning Abilities Test (SOI). An educational…