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Teaching Reading and Study Skills to Mildly Handicapped Learners: Previewing and Text Summarization.
Reis, Ron; Leone, Peter E. – Pointer, 1987
Two instructional strategies to help mildly learning handicapped students read and understand textual material are described: (1) previewing (use of introductory paragraphs, including questions, that provide a cognitive framework for approaching a textbook passage); and (2) text summarization by students themselves as a follow-up activity.…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Mild Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
Gire, Judy; Poe, Berlyenn – Pointer, 1988
A junior high school sought to prepare mildly handicapped students for an effective transition from school to work by incorporating prework skills into already existing curricula, especially into science, world studies, and reading. The project's three components included: social, organizational, and communication skills; world of work…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Communication Skills, Education Work Relationship, Integrated Curriculum
An Affective Approach to Reading: Effectively Teaching Reading to Mainstreamed Handicapped Children.
Tunnell, Michael O.; And Others – Pointer, 1988
Affective reading instruction teaches mildly handicapped children to read by improving their attitudes toward reading through oral and silent reading of children's literature. The paper outlines steps involved in program implementation, reading activities used in conjunction with skill training, parent involvement, use of extrinsic rewards,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanistic Education, Mainstreaming
