The panel presentation includes three papers describing the development and implementation of two parent oriented intervention programs currently serving low income Black families in Kansas City, Kansas. Both programs are home based and utilize trained community paraprofessionals as parent trainers. One program trains parents of preschool…

Before an effective program can be developed to help the remedial writing student, instructors must dispel the myth that college students can read college level materials. Related to this assumption is the belief that those who cannot read in college cannot do so because of a lack of intelligence. Clearly what is important in understanding the…

This publication, the second in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) professional reference series, is a collection of essays, each coauthored by a professional mathematics educator and a special education professional and directed to a particular exceptionality. The premise that the mathematical education of exceptional children…

Most research in the area of early identification of learning problems has been devoted to determining the predictive validity of various assessment measures. Results indicate that the predictive validity of these measures is far from perfect and varies considerably from study to study. The transition room program provides what appears to be a…

THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AUDITORY AND VISUAL FUNCTIONING AND READING ACHIEVEMENT WERE EXPLORED. AN ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE INFLUENCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL FACTORS ON THESE VARIABLES. A WIDE RANGE OF AUDITORY AND VISUAL SKILLS WAS SAMPLED IN POOR AND NORMAL READERS AT THREE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS (FIRST, THIRD, AND FIFTH). DATA…

THE AIM OF THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WAS TO IDENTIFY THE ARTICULATORY INACCURACY PROFILES OF CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THE ETIOLOGY OF THE CONDITION PRODUCING THE SPEECH DIFFICULTY. DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE RESEARCH, A BATTERY OF TESTS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE ARTICULATORY PATTERNS, VERBAL INTELLIGENCE, AND AUDITORY PERCEPTION OF NORMAL CHILDREN…

Explanations of age-related differences in adult memory usually assume two forms: processing deficits and structural deficits. Processing deficit explanations attribute recall differences to a failure of older adults to effectively use the processes of attention, organization, mediation (the use of such devices as visual images and verbal images…

Nutritional deficiencies and imbalances can influence learning directly or indirectly. Fatigue, boredom and low motivation may be the result of poor nutrition. Some vision problems, it is known, are related to deficiencies in vitamin A. A number of studies indicate that protein-caloric malnutrition affects intellectual and psychomotor development.…

An approach to foreign language instruction that emphasizes language acquisition rather than learning will emphasize the development of listening comprehension even at the expense of oral production, since research has shown that the latter does not suffer where the former is fostered. This approach tends to reduce the restrictive workings of the…

This 20-page booklet contains very brief, anonymous and anecdotal stories about teachers' success with young children in the early childhood education programs in Dayton, Ohio. The teachers' stories focus on individual children and reveal the scope of classroom problems faced every year. Five anecdotes illustrate problems of children with…

The trainer's manual was written for use with teachers in the field and provides guides for teaching a mini-course on cirterion referenced assessment of children with learning difficulties. There are four sessions outlined, each having an overview of participant goals and trainer activities and a list of objectives for the session. A syllabus is…

FOUR ARTICLES DEALING WITH THE ROLE OF THE GREATER LAWRENCE GUIDANCE CENTER LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAM IN HELPING CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES ARE PRESENTED. THE FIRST PAPER EXPLAINS HOW THE CENTER SOLVED THE PROBLEM OF OBTAINING MORE ACCURATE AND COMPLETE DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORIES OF REFERRALS BY GIVING MORE ATTENTION TO PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR…

The basic question considered in this research practicum was did female students' participation in a special six-week mathematics clinic significantly reduce anxiety towards mathematics. Seventeen female participants completed both a pre and post Aiken-Dreger Math Attitude Scale. A t-test was used to compare the mean pretest and mean posttest…

The purpose of this project was the establishment of materials suitable for slow learners in a life science program. The research focused on the development and testing of an eight-week study in life science and evolved through three phases: preparation, writing, and assembly of a student text and a teacher's handbook; preliminary testing during a…

A community helper project involved 37 untrained volunteers in a one-to-one relationship with children manifesting behavioral and learning problems in school. Most volunteers were nominated by principals; all passed screening and all were women despite efforts for recruiting men. Seventy-four problem children, from grades 1 through 6, and not…