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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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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
Adolescents with Learning Disabilities as Writers: Are We Selling Them Short?
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Schumaker, Jean B.; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2009
This article chronicles the evolution of a programmatic line of research on strategic writing instruction for adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) conducted by staff and affiliates of the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. The goal associated with this research is that students with LD learn the writing skills that they…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, General Education, Writing Strategies, Learning Disabilities
The Effects of a Strategic Writing Program for Students with and without Learning Disabilities in Inclusive Fifth-Grade Classes
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Bui, Yvonne N.; Schumaker, Jean B.; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
The purpose of this study was to test the effects of a comprehensive writing program for students with and without learning disabilities (LD) in inclusive general education classrooms. The program incorporated research-based components including instruction in a prewriting planning strategy, narrative text structure, writing strategies, and the…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Learning Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Grade 5
Effects of Instruction in an Assignment Completion Strategy on the Homework Performance of Students with Learning Disabilities in General Education Classes.
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Hughes, Charles A.; Ruhl, Kathy L.; Schumaker, Jean B.; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2002
A study evaluated the effects of instruction in a comprehensive, independent assignment completion strategy on homework completion rates and the quality of products completed in response to assignments given in general education classrooms. Eight of nine students mastered use of the strategy and their homework completion rates and products…
Descriptors: Assignments, Homework, Inclusive Schools, Instructional Effectiveness
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