The bibliography contains 57 references selected from Exceptional Child Education Abstracts relating to reading methods and problems applicable to handicapped children. One in a series of over 50 similar selected listings concerning the education of the gifted or handicapped, the bibliography cites research reports, conference papers, journal…

Fifteen Chinese ideographs were successfully taught to 7 first grade American children having great difficulty learning to read English by the phonemic approach. (Author/DB)

The article discusses bibliotherapy as a classroom method to help meet personal, social, and emotional needs of learning disabled (LD) adolescents. (PHR)

Forty elementary level remedial reading students were instucted through a methodology employing two basic elements of the G. Lozanov "Suggestopedia" system: presenting lesson material in both attentive and nonattentive states and attempting to create a relaxed, nondefensive atmosphere in which both external and internal distractions to…

The article describes a method for controlling certain linguistic variables during the process of teaching reading decoding to children with oral language problems. (CL)

Presented is a paradigm for teaching basic and semibasic arithmetic facts to children with arithmetic difficulties, in which the student progresses from the use of concrete materials such as blocks, to the use of diagrams such as tally marks, to a reasoning process, to responding in an automatic manner. (DLS)

Learning activities involving teaching different techniques that can help a child learn the basic facts are described. (JT)

Deals with a view of reading and general learning remediation which uses problem-solving strategies, rather than a skill-deficit approach. (JM)

Finger spelling was effectively used to improve the spelling performance of 12 students (grades 4-9) with spelling problems. The 10-step procedure involves use of a partner (preferably a parent), intermittent involvement of the special education teacher, and a time period of 3 to 9 months. (DB)

Applied research suggests that learning-disabled students can benefit from training in test-taking skills to improve their performance on both standardized tests and content area tests. Recommendations for classroom applications enumerate which skills are most important for objective, short answer, and essay question tests and suggest appropriate…

Writing samples from 21 fourth and fifth grade learning-disabled students illustrate three typical problems. The Cognitive Strategy Instruction in Writing program incorporates strategies for performing the writing process and for enhancing student awareness of the roles of audience and text structure in planning, organizing, writing, editing, and…

Research is reviewed on using dialog journals to enhance the writing and motivation of learning-disabled students. Dialog journals allow students to choose their topics and promote fluency by emphasizing meaning over mechanics. Guidelines for teachers are provided, and the impact of the experience on a classroom of eight- to 13-year-olds is…

A constant time delay procedure was used to improve spelling of an 11-year-old learning disabled child. The near errorless instructional method provided a time delay between a controlling stimulus (prompt) and a new stimulus (target response). The five-second constant delay procedure resulted in acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of 15…

Changing the presentation of a lesson can clarify instruction for the mainstreamed learning-disabled student and reinforce instruction for other nondisabled students. Examples are given of modifications for language arts activities, including adaptations for oral language, reading, writing, and language process and grammar. (CB)