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The Role of Surface Text Processing in Centrality Deficit and Poor Text Comprehension of Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Think-Aloud Study
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Yeari, Menahem; Lavie, Anat – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2021
The present study employed a think-aloud method to explore the origin of centrality deficit (i.e., poor recall of central ideas) in individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Moreover, utilizing the diverse think-aloud responses, we examined the overall quality of text processing employed by individuals with ADHD during…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Protocol Analysis, Cognitive Processes, Recall (Psychology)
An Oral Reading Fluency Assessment for Young Adult Career and Technical Education Students
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Mellard, Daryl; Woods, Kari; Md Desa, Zairul – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2012
Educators confront a difficult challenge of quickly and efficiently identifying students with literacy skill deficits in academically diverse career and technical education classes. A statistical examination of oral reading fluency (ORF) of 296 at-risk students participating in Job Corps tests the hypothesis that a 2-minute, two-dimensional ORF…
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Reading Fluency, At Risk Students, Young Adults
Using the Concrete-Representational-Abstract Sequence with Integrated Strategy Instruction to Teach Subtraction with Regrouping to Students with Learning Disabilities
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Mancl, Dustin B.; Miller, Susan P.; Kennedy, Meghan – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2012
Mathematics continues to be one of the most challenging aspects of the school curriculum for students with learning disabilities. The provision of pedagogically sound foundational computation and word problem instruction in the elementary grades is critical for students to progress through the mathematics curriculum successfully. A…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Curriculum, Grade 5, Word Problems (Mathematics)