What Successful Adults with Learning Disabilities Can Tell Us about Teaching Children.

Reiff, Henry B.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ532488

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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What Successful Adults with Learning Disabilities Can Tell Us about Teaching Children.

Reiff, Henry B.; And Others

TEACHING Exceptional Children, v29 n2 p10-16 Nov-Dec 1996

Seventy-one successful adults with learning disabilities were studied to identify success strategies that could be used in teaching children with learning disabilities to boost their achievement. Identified strategies included preparation, desire to succeed, goal orientation, persistence, and learned creativity. For each strategy, specific teaching activities are provided. (CR)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Creativity, Elementary Secondary Education, Goal Orientation, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Persistence, Self Control, Success, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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