A review of the literature on young children unresponsive to generally effective literacy instruction focuses on 23 studies. It found a majority of unresponsive students had phonological awareness deficits. Also common were phonological retrieval or encoding deficits, low verbal ability, behavior problems, and developmental delays. Methodological…

Presents "Project Solve," a web-based problem-solving instruction and guided practice for mathematical word problems. Discusses implications for college students for whom reading and comprehension of mathematical word problem solving are difficult, especially learning disabled students. (Author/KHR)

Comparison of a taped-words procedure and a drill procedure on the correct oral reading rates of five adolescents with behavior disorders and academic deficiencies found improvement related to the opportunities to respond rather than to the model provided by the taped-words procedure. (DB)

Discussed are recognizing learning disabilities, the classification of learning disabilities, and testing instructional strategies in a geological sciences context. Suggestions for coping with the challenge of teaching these students are provided. Sources of assistance are listed. (CW)

Four experiments evaluated flash card use for teaching number facts to elementary-school students with learning difficulties. Effective treatments involved: re-presenting a missed problem after the next item; using error-contingent reprimands; seating the tutor and student knee-to-knee, rather than with a desk between them; and a combination of…

A teacher education program, designed to facilitate teachers' skills in working with culturally diverse students with special needs is discussed. Program content is outlined; a course description provides an example of implementation of the teacher training model and findings are discussed from an assessment of teachers' progress in the program.…

Bayesian and empirical Bayes approaches to shrinkage estimation of regression coefficients and uses of these in prediction (i.e., analyzing intelligence test data of children with learning problems) are investigated. The two methods are consistently better at predicting response variables than are either least squares or least absolute deviations.…

Consistent evidence relates insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) to lower intellectual functioning in children, although performance is still in the average range. Children with IDDM have received specialized classroom assistance at school. Boys with diabetes appear at greater risk for learning problems than girls. Evidence suggests both…

High school consumer mathematics classes at a state school for the deaf were observed to find particular areas of difficulties in mathematics vocabulary learning and understanding. Classroom anecdotes are discussed along with possible causes and recommendations. (Contains 14 references.) (Author)

The effects of a revising goal to "add information" on revising behavior and writing performance were examined for 70 5th and 6th graders. Students assigned the goal made more meaning-based changes and produced improved text quality. Procedural assistance did not appreciably enhance revising behavior or text quality. (SLD)

This study comparing three theoretical orientations of educational failure found that predictors based on child deficit assumptions were least able to discriminate among low, average, and high teacher recommendations; those based on environment deficit assumptions were more able; and those based on ecological assumptions were most able. All…

This article recommends a holistic approach to student problems in mathematics. Teachers need to be aware of all paradigms (e.g., developmental, behaviorist, psychoanalytic) explaining causes of problems in mathematics. Examples of misunderstandings resulting from insufficient knowledge, insufficient mathematical vocabulary, and overgeneralization…

This third article of a series reviews recent metacognitive projects inspired by the theory of L. S. Vygotsky. These projects include research on (1) children's memory development; (2) the mother-child dyad; (3) the origin and function of adaptive inner speech; and (4) problem learners. (SLD)

French tenth grade physics classes were observed as they studied electric circuits over a one-year period. An analysis is presented of tests taken during the year. The main point separating "average" students from "good" ones is their performances in "implicitly difficult exercises," that is, in what appears…

Magnitude comparison, calculation verification, and short-term memory span experiments were conducted as a means of investigating number processing in 17 deaf college students with academic weaknesses. Deaf students' level of accuracy did not differ from that shown by their hearing peers; however, mean response times of deaf students were greater…