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50 Years of ERIC
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The Use and Effectiveness of a Question Exploration Routine in Secondary-Level English Language Arts Classrooms
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Bulgren, Janis A.; Marquis, Janet G.; Deshler, Donald D.; Lenz, B. Keith; Schumaker, Jean B. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2013
This purpose of the study was to determine the effects of teachers using the Question Exploration Routine (QER) in regularly scheduled secondary-level English Language Arts classes to help students answer questions about the development and use of main ideas in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Questions were posed in both…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Language Arts, English Instruction, High School Students
Literacy Challenges and Opportunities for Students with Learning Disabilities in Social Studies and History
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Bulgren, Janis A.; Graner, Patricia Sampson; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2013
The Common Core State Standards for literacy in history and social studies present opportunities and challenges for teachers of and adolescents with learning disabilities (LD). In addition to reading challenges, students must engage in higher order thinking and reasoning. To provide opportunities for students to successfully respond to such…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, State Standards, Educational Opportunities, Evidence
Ensuring Content-Area Learning by Secondary Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Deshler, Donald D.; Schumaker, Jean B.; Lenz, B. Keith; Bulgren, Janis A.; Hock, Michael F.; Knight, Jim; Ehren, Barbara J. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2001
Three factors tied with secondary student success in content-area reading are demonstrated: validated teacher-focused and student-focused interventions, integrated and comprehensive service delivery systems, and well-designed, data-based professional developmental programs. The key role that school administrators play in ensuring each of the…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education
Use of a Recall Enhancement Routine and Strategies in Inclusive Secondary Classes.
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Bulgren, Janis A.; Deshler, Donald D.; Schumaker, Jean B. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1997
Eleven teachers of inclusive seventh-grade life science classes were trained to use a teaching routine that stressed finding and using mnemonic devices to enhance students' recall of information. Evaluation indicated that trained teachers who used the method and their students, especially students with learning disabilities, were better than…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Classroom Techniques, Grade 7, Inclusive Schools
The Effects of Instruction in a Paired Associates Strategy on the Information Mastery Performance of Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Bulgren, Janis A.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1995
Twelve high school students with learning disabilities were instructed in a strategy to identify and remember pairs or small groups of information. Results showed student improvement in test performance and creation of study cards. Students had distinct preferences among mnemonic devices and adapted strategies based on previous experience. (DB)
Descriptors: High Schools, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
The Effects of a Recall Enhancement Routine on the Test Performance of Secondary Students with and without Learning Disabilities.
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Bulgren, Janis A.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
This study evaluated the effects of presenting mnemonic devices in conjunction with content information on 41 junior high students' recall performance. Results showed that students with and without learning disabilities within the experimental group recalled significantly more of the reviewed information than did control students. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Visual Depictions as Information Organizers for Enhancing Achievement of Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Crank, Joe N.; Bulgren, Janis A. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This paper reviews research involving the use of visual depictions such as webs, matrices, timelines, networks, and charts of relationships to teach content information to students with learning disabilities. As an adjunct to lecture-discussion instruction, these enhancements have been shown to result in greater student learning of content…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Instructional Materials