Techniques used to teach reading to a 12-year-old total nonreader are described in the case study. (KW)

It is recommended that body exercises be used to teach directionality and laterality to children who exhibit reversals in writing, reading, or speaking. (GW)

Outlined are prenatal and perinatal factors contributing to later learning disabilities and the role of the pediatrician in early identification and remediation of such problems. (KW)

The author argues that instead of looking for causes of reading disability, educators need to exert more effort in developing adequate reading instruction. (CB)

A comprehensive review and analysis of significant research on malnutrition and learning. Indicates that nutritional factors contribute to depressed intellectual level and learning failure. (DM)

Brief comments on the following four problems: (1) Is it really much harder to teach mathematics to disadvantaged kids? (2) Has modern mathematics" had a positive or negative effect on students other than those college-capable? (3) Effect of the mathematics laboratory movement in regard to teaching children (4) Characteristics evidenced by…

Study concludes that, as general tools capable of screening out children with adjustment or learning problems from peers with no problems, three of the scoring systems considered are equally efficient when applied to Human Figure Drawings done by children of elementary school age. (Author)