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The Concept of Magnitude and What It Tells Us about How Struggling Students Learn Fractions
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Woodward, John – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
This commentary summarizes emerging research into fractions instruction for students who are at risk for failure. Each of the three articles emphasizes a measure conception of fractions. Teaching fractions as measurement helps students learn the magnitude of rational numbers. However, measurement is only part of the way that students should…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Mathematical Concepts, Fractions, Mathematics Instruction
Procedural Knowledge in Mathematics: The Role of the Curriculum.
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Woodward, John – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
A review of relevant cognitive research in mathematics is presented and applied to instructional practice with students with learning disabilities. The review focuses on the role of three principles of curriculum development in facilitating procedural competence in mathematics: the nature of examples, explicitness, and parsimony. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Paradigms Lost: Learning Disabilities and the New Ghost in the Old Machine.
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Carnine, Douglas; Woodward, John – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
This critique of H. Lee Swanson's "Toward a Metatheory of Learning Disabilities" comments on Swanson's concept of learning disabilities, cognitive science, and information processing theory. A different research and theory-building agenda is proposed, focusing on society's definition of learning disabilities and instructional issues and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Definitions, Educational Theories, Exceptional Child Research
Teacher Net: A Multipurpose Computer Networking System for the Classroom.
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Woodward, John; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1986
"Teacher Net" is described as a low cost computer network to provide computer assisted and managed instruction. The system consists of one microcomputer, an interface box, and as many as 16 keypads or keyboards for data input. The system can be used for independent student practice, assessment, group instruction, and data management.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Networks, Educational Technology
Science Instruction at the Secondary Level: Implications for Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Woodward, John; Noell, John – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
Two programs are described for teaching earth science and introductory chemistry to secondary students with learning disabilities. Development of the two models involved curriculum revision to engage students in higher order thinking, teaching fewer topics in more depth, and design of materials to provide an integrated, problem-solving basis for…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Earth Science, Instructional Materials, Integrated Activities
Antecedent Knowledge and Intelligent Computer Assisted Instruction.
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Woodward, John P.; Carnine, Douglas W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The article reviews Intelligent Computer Assisted Instruction (ICAI), an area of artificial intelligence and notes its shortcomings for learning disabled students. It is suggested that emphasis on antecedent knowledge (important facts, concepts, rules, and/or strategies for the content area) and content analysis and design techniques would make…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education