The test detailed in this document is designed to diagnose learning deficiencies in punctuation for grades three through seven and supplies the teacher with a list of specific teaching concepts which need to be taught to each child. The document contains a test description, directions for administration and scoring, two references, a sample of…

This study indicates that diagnosic teaching made no more difference than the instructor's simple knowledge of reading level to the reading achievement of college students. (MKM)

Procedures enabling teachers to diagnose and analyze a child's ability to understand and memorize basic facts are described. (JT)

Describes a program that makes a teacher accountable for students' failures. A prototype system for diagnosis, prescription, implementation, and collection of feedback is being tested in three high school elementary algebra classes, and preliminary results show a 40 percent decrease in student failures. (VT)

This article discusses the ways of identifying students with learning disabilities and the methods of educating them to become productive adults. (JD)

Over the past decade, increasing numbers of educators have used diagnostic/prescriptive instruction as a remedial system when working with problem learners. A basic philosophical controversy exists regarding two fundamentally different models--task analysis and ability training--which popularly serve to undergird diagnostic/prescriptive…

The placement of learning disabled and behaviorally disordered children in the least restrictive setting requires consideration of both environmental conditions and psychological factors which contribute to the handicap. (DB)

Four brief articles look at aspects of curriculum based measurement (CBM) for academically handicapped students including procedures of CBM with examples, different approaches to graphing student performance, and solutions to the problem of making time to measure student progress frequently. (DB)

Collaboration between speech language pathologists and educators has been utilized for language screening and diagnostic teaching in a variety of language intervention programs from preschool to higher education. Bidirectional information sharing is essential for effective interdisciplinary collaboration. (Author/DB)

If clearly and fully reported, verbal subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised can provide teachers with insights into a student's learning characteristics. Specific weaknesses that may be identified by each subtest are linked to their educational implications, including alternative techniques the teacher might use for…

Eight language approaches in education of the hearing impaired are reviewed: language stories and drills, Fitzgerald Key, the natural approach, patterning, programed instruction, behavior modification, linguistic programs, and developmentally based programs. An approach is proposed that focuses on functional conversational skills, facilitative…

Many worthwhile mathematical activities can be generated by an overgeneralization. Some conjectures and their verification are described, with some exploration of historical procedures. (MNS)

A set of brief reflections about different aspects of mathematical errors and their roles in education is given. The nature and variety of errors and their positive use in learning mathematics are highlighted. (MNS)

Discusses three purposes of mathematics clinics, indicating that the resultant organizational structure of a particular clinic and the underlying values are intimately related to the identified purposes and that the precise character of a clinic is based on the relative emphasis ascribed to the different purposes. (JN)

A precision teaching software approach to individualized sign language instruction for hearing impaired students has been developed that incorporates self control of learning and immediate feedback on error patterns. A simulated interaction is presented to illustrate the approach. (CL)