The paper reviews the history in the United States of spelling instruction, noting the multisensory approach advocated in Colonial times, the advent of the whole-word method in the 1840's, and more recent controversies, such as the one engendered by the generalization approach. Factors involved in spelling disabilities are cited. Analysis of…

This investigation examined whether advance organizers would help learning disabled (LD) adolescents to more efficiently process information on selected academic tasks. There were three phases: First, 51 LD and 63 normally achieving (NA) subjects participated in the development of a test to measure important and unimportant information. Second,…

The study investigated the effect of instruction on basic number fact mastery of 123 learning disabled (LD) students, 8 to 13 years old. Mastery of basic addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts was seen as an important component of overall arithmetic competence and represents a particular area of performance deficit among LD students. The…

The study involving 32 learning disabled elementary school students evaluated the effect of applying a mastery learning model to sight word instruction. Ss were taught 30 sight words in nine lessons over a period of 3 weeks. Lessons incorporated the following remedial principles: limiting the size of the teaching unit, giving discrimination…

A national sample of 127 elementary and secondary teachers of learning disabled (LD) students completed surveys on the characteristics of LD students and the instructional procedures that work with them. Responses revealed extreme variability in the teachers' beliefs about LD students and effective instructional approaches. Further, few…

The author discusses the importance of questioning techniques in the instruction of learning disabled students. Factors affecting students' responses to questions are the strengths and weaknesses of the learner and the type and difficulty of the question asked. A systematic method of providing or following up on students answers, termed…

Described is a sex education program for preschool children with emotional and learning problems in a therapeutic center. It is explained that the "Baby Week" method combines experimental and didactic learninq sequences geared to the developmental needs of this age group. The setting, planning, and organization of the program are discussed, and…

A concrete approach to subtraction problems with minuends to 19 is presented. (MP)

Described is a modified phonics approach to teaching syllabication skills to middle- and upper-grade remedial readers. (CL)

Considered are testing and teaching suggestions for developing auditory discrimination abilities in children with spelling difficulties. (CL)

The article reviews the Digit Span and Coding subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised (verbal and performance tests) and discusses the use of pattern analysis in choosing instructional approaches for learning disabled students. (CL)

Described is a simulated reading activity which learning disability (LD) teachers can use to help classroom teachers experience the anxieties, frustrations, and failures that LD students experience under group norm instruction. (CL)

A review of the research on metacognition explores the impact of this concept on learning-disabled individuals, focusing on the positive effects of such research on teaching and on the importance of broadening teachers' understanding of their learning-disabled students' academic failures. (Author/CB)

The article details an instructional procedure (based on the effective instruction research) to enable learning disabled adolescents to master three types of algebraic word problems: relational problems, proportion problems, and problems with two variables and two equations. (Author/DB)