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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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A Meta-Analytic Review of Graphic Organizers and Science Instruction for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities: Implications for the Intermediate and Secondary Science Classroom
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Dexter, Douglas D.; Park, Youn J.; Hughes, Charles A. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2011
This article presents a meta-analysis of experimental and quasi-experimental studies in which intermediate and secondary students with learning disabilities were taught science content through the use of graphic organizers (GOs). Following an exhaustive search for studies meeting specified selection criteria, 23 standardized mean effect sizes were…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Multiple Choice Tests, Effect Size, Vocabulary Development
Word Prediction Programs with Phonetic Spelling Support: Performance Comparisons and Impact on Journal Writing for Students with Writing Difficulties
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Evmenova, Anna S.; Graff, Heidi J.; Jerome, Marci Kinas; Behrmann, Michael M. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2010
This investigation examined the effects of currently available word prediction software programs that support phonetic/inventive spelling on the quality of journal writing by six students with severe writing and/or spelling difficulties in grades three through six during a month-long summer writing program. A changing conditions single-subject…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Journal Writing, Computer Software Evaluation, Phonetics
Academic Intrinsic Motivation and Perceived Academic Competence in Greek Elementary Students with and without Learning Disabilities
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Zisimopoulos, Dimitrios A.; Galanaki, Evangelia P. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2009
The aim of this study was to examine differences in intrinsic motivation and perceived academic competence as well as in their association between 5th- and 6th-grade students with learning disabilities (LD) (n = 40) and their typically achieving peers. Participants were 980 Greek elementary students from the metropolitan area of Athens. As…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Motivation, Metropolitan Areas, Foreign Countries
Intervention Provided to Linguistically Diverse Middle School Students with Severe Reading Difficulties
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Denton, Carolyn A.; Wexler, Jade; Vaughn, Sharon; Bryan, Deanna – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2008
This study investigated the effectiveness of a multicomponent reading intervention implemented with middle school students with severe reading difficulties, all of whom had received remedial and/or special education for several years with minimal response to intervention. Participants were 38 students in grades 6-8 who had severe deficits in word…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Intervention
Positive and Negative Self-Perceptions: Is There a Cyclical Relationship between Teachers' and Students' Perceptions of Effort, Strategy Use, and Academic Performance
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Meltzer, Lynn; Reddy, Ranjini; Pollica, Laura Sales; Roditi, Bethany; Sayer, Julie; Theokas, Christina – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2004
This study was part of a larger research program designed to investigate how effort interacts with strategy use to mediate the academic performance of successful students with learning disabilities (LD) and how teachers' and students' perceptions influence these relationships. The sample consisted of 46 students with LD and 46 matched students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Learning Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes
Academic Self-Perceptions, Effort, and Strategy Use in Students with Learning Disabilities: Changes over Time
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Meltzer, Lynn; Katzir, Tamar; Miller, Lynne; Reddy, Ranjini; Roditi, Bethany – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2004
This study investigated changes in teachers' and students' perceptions of students' effort, strategy use, and academic difficulties when strategy instruction was infused into the classroom curriculum. The sample consisted of 201 students with learning disabilities, 210 average achievers, and 57 teachers from Grades 4-9 in two urban and suburban…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Investigations, Spelling, Learning Disabilities