The Montessori language program is described as potentially helpful to the learning disabled child because of its emphasis on developing a concrete understanding of concepts prior to the teaching of abstract solutions. (GW)

Investigates the validity of three hypotheses, specifically that the mental abilities of severely reading disabled children are different from normals with respect to the following parameters: (1) different overall ability arrangement; (2) less effective ability integration; and, (3) less ability organization. (Author/HMV)

To design effective remedial phonics instruction, it is necessary to examine both learner characteristics and task requirements. The paper integrates research related to information processing and psycholinguistics to formulate questions which can be used to evaluate techniques and materials used with a learning disabled population. Information…

The authors draw upon both Soviet and American literature to present an overview of the components of story problem solving as it relates to remedial instruction for learning disabled students. Factors within the individual problem solver are explored, and strategies children use in solving problems are examined. Particular attention is paid to…

The document contains a review of the literature on screening for learning disabilities; a report of a Macomb, Illinois, study testing the Myklebust Learning Quotient method of identifying learning disabilities; and guidelines for learning disability eligibility screening in the Macomb schools. In the introduction, characteristics of the learning…

To examine self concept development in learning disabled (LD) children, a behavior rating scale was given to parents and teachers of 27 LD students (6 to 15 years old) in a summer program which provided activities to enhance the self concept. Parents' and teachers' perceptions of the children's self concept changed signficantly as a result of the…

Writing samples of 50 learning disabled college students were analyzed for fluency and errors of 14 types: omission of words and/or letters, noun plurals, syntax, subject-verb agreement, verb forms and tense, pronoun reference, shifts in person, fused or spliced sentences, fragments, punctuation, capitalization, usage, spelling, and apostrophe…

The multidisciplinary clinic model for diagnosis and remediation of learning disabilities (LD) in use at Auburn University's Montgomery Learning Disability Clinic is based on an information processing model. Thirty-seven process and academic skills were isolated tests to measure the skills identified, and a computer program to profile strengths…