Descriptor
Source
| Learning Disabilities:… | 2 |
Author
| Foorman, Barbara R. | 1 |
| Menchetti, Bruce M. | 1 |
| Robinson, Carol S. | 1 |
| Torgesen, Joseph | 1 |
| Torgesen, Joseph K. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Researchers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedFoorman, Barbara R.; Torgesen, Joseph – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2001
This article reviews research on effective classroom reading instruction that finds dramatic reduction in reading failure occurs when explicit instruction is provided in phonemic awareness and decoding skills, word recognition and text processing, construction of meaning, vocabulary, spelling, and writing. The need for small-group instruction for…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, High Risk Students
Peer reviewedRobinson, Carol S.; Menchetti, Bruce M.; Torgesen, Joseph K. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2002
This article proposes a two-factor theory of mathematics disabilities based on the premise that weak cognitive representations lead to poorer retrieval of information from long term memory. Comparison of children with math disabilities alone (MD) and those with both math and reading disabilities (MD/RD) suggests that weak phonological processing…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Learning Disabilities
