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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Alberts, Rebecca – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Art and science are intrinsically linked; the essence of art and science is discovery. Both artists and scientists work in a systematic but creative way--knowledge and understanding are built up through pieces of art or a series of labs. In the classroom, integrating science and visual art can provide students with the latitude to think, discover,…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Learning Disabilities, Grade 1, Thinking Skills
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Dunn, Michael W. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
A debate exists in the research community about replacing the traditional IQ/achievement discrepancy method for learning disability identification with a "response-to-intervention model". This new assessment paradigm uses a student's level of improvement with small-group or individual programming to determine a possible need for classification and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Reading Failure, Disability Identification
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Davis, John M.; Christo, Catherine; Husted, Darren – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
Extended time on high stakes testing is the most sought out accommodation for individuals with learning disabilities. This accommodation is necessary for many individuals with learning disabilities for a variety of reasons, but often for individuals who have ongoing difficulties with reading fluency. For many students with reading based learning…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Reading Fluency, Research Methodology, Learning Disabilities
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Kroese, Judith M.; Mather, Nancy; Sammons, Janice – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
"We cannot allow the quality of special services to preclude conquering reading disabilities (Horne, 1978, p. 582)." This study was conducted to explore how teachers' spelling abilities relate to student outcomes. The results indicated that the students enrolled in classrooms where the teachers had the lowest knowledge of phoneme-grapheme…
Descriptors: Spelling, Teacher Characteristics, Phonemes, Graphemes