Directed study, in which all children were required to engage in the same number of repetitive spellings of word lists, had significant effects on spelling performance of learning disabled children without short-term memory deficits, but not Ss with short-term memory problems. Findings suggest that some LD children may need different kinds of…

The author offers information on 11 modification techniques that may make commercial software programs more appropriate for learning disabled students. (CL)

The article outlines appropriate topics in understanding money for primary and middle school students with learning disabilities. The integration of such study with other subjects and with other components of the mathematics curriculum is noted. (CL)

The article lists sources of assistance and teaching strategies used by 71 secondary classroom teachers perceived by teachers of learning disabled students as highly effective teachers for that population. Sources and strategies cover 10 academic disciplines: business, home economics, industrial arts, mathematics, English, music, physical…

Seven software programs for spelling instruction are reviewed, and the author notes that such programs use creative ways to reduce the drudgery of rote memorization. Programs also incorporate graphics, recordkeeping, initial sound emphasis, rules of syllabication, sight work instruction, and speech synthesizers. (CL)

The paper examines cognitive and metacognitive teaching practices in relation to theories of motivation, showing how and why they may inadvertently impede the learning disabled trainee's strategy of generalization. Ways for teachers to counteract such practices as well as implications for research needs are discussed. (Author/CL)

Contrasts the "ability training" and "task-analytic" approaches in teaching learning disabled children. Describes the use of the task-analytic behavioral model in Project EXCEL, a Child Service Demonstration Center. Summarizes guiding principles of this approach, and indicates that participating students have shown dramatic…

A program designed to combine academic instruction with the emotions was implemented in a resource room for elementary learning and/or behavior problem children. Activities focused on the senses and included contributing to a class poem and writing individual poems about emotions. (CL)

Issues in the identification of learning disabilities among gifted children are addressed, and examples are presented to illustrate the need for detecting both conditions. Principles of programing for this group, including reducing external pressures on the child and maximizing opportunities for independent activity are summarized. (CL)

Considered are implications for learning disabled students of the simultaneous, successive, and planning (SSP) model, a model of information integration that emphasizes processes rather than ability. Remedial training guidelines are offered, including assessment of learning potential and determination of the nature of the weakness and its…

Configuration words containing clues and typical print can help learning disabled children from kindergarten up to learn spatial relationship terms. Suggestions are offered for choosing, introducing, and using the words as well as for encountering the words in new situations. (CL)

Approaches to working with learning disabled students who are also gifted, talented, or creative are illustrated in the example of a secondary student with special abilities in photography. Several of his photographs and accompanying narratives are included. (CL)

This paper discusses brain-based teaching and examines its relevance as a teaching method and knowledge base. Brain-based teaching is very popular among early childhood educators. Positive attributes of brain-based education include student engagement and active involvement in their own learning, teachers teaching for meaning and understanding,…

Explained is the use of memorizing techniques found to stimulate learning processes and memory in a group of learning disabled children. (CB)