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Wright, Aileen; Mitchell, Siobhán; O'Donoghue, Anne; Cowhey, Suzanne; Kearney, Mairead – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2015
Background: Children with language impairment show academic outcomes that are consistently poorer than those of their typically developing peers. A contributor to this is difficulty with reading comprehension. Although these difficulties are reported to continue well into adolescence, this population is generally underserved with regard to…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Adolescents, Language Impairments, Intervention
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Mather, Nancy – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1992
This paper reviews the history of whole-language versus code-emphasis approaches to reading instruction. The paper concludes that students with severe learning disabilities may learn to read in a whole-language, mainstream classroom, if provided with supplemental instruction, a variety of instructional techniques, and appropriate intensity and…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming