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Direct linkKohnert, Kathryn; Windsor, Jennifer; Yim, Dongsun – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
We report results from 2 language-based processing tasks designed to investigate the performance of linguistically diverse learners. The tasks were the Competing Language Processing Task (CLPT) and Non-Word Repetition (NWR). Participants were 100 school-age children in 1 of 3 different experimental groups: monolingual English-speaking children…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Linguistic Performance, Language Impairments, Bilingualism
Fuste-Herrmann, Belinda; Silliman, Elaine R.; Bahr, Ruth H.; Fasnacht, Kyna S.; Federico, Jeanne E. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
As a preface to future studies on language impairment in bilingual children, an exploratory analysis of lexical diversity and depth in the production of mental state verbs was conducted on the oral narratives of 9- and 11-year-old children who differed by language status. English-only (EO), bilingual (Spanish-English), and Spanish-only (SO)…
Descriptors: Verbs, Preadolescents, Language Impairments, Bilingualism
Plante, Elena; Ramage, Amy E.; Magloire, Joel – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
How verbal information is processed and recalled appears to be influenced by the structure of the information presented (e.g., unrelated sentences vs. narratives) and the processes the listener uses to encode the information (e.g., verbatim encoding vs. gist extraction). Twenty adults, half with a history of learning disabilities (HLD) and half…
Descriptors: Sentences, Learning Disabilities, Control Groups, Personal Narratives
Morgan, Paul L.; Sideridis, Georgios D. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
This study had two purposes. First, we sought to compare the overall effectiveness of different types of fluency interventions for students with learning disabilities (LD). Second, we attempted to identify how individual- and class-level characteristics moderated each intervention's effectiveness. We used multilevel random coefficient modeling to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Word Recognition, Learning Disabilities
Berry, Ruth A. W. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
The analysis identified discursive strategies used by general education teachers in inclusion classrooms to orchestrate and scaffold the verbal participation of all students, including students with learning disabilities (LD). The context was writing instruction. A whole-class lesson involving teacher student collaboration to write a text was…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Learning Strategies, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
Seethaler, Pamela M.; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine the relations of various cognitive abilities and aspects of math performance with computational estimation skill among third graders. Students (n=315) were assessed on language, nonverbal reasoning, concept formation, processing speed, long-term memory, working memory, inattentive behavior, basic reading…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Statistical Analysis, Cognitive Ability, Correlation
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
Madaus, Joseph W.; Shaw, Stan F. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
The newly reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 contains several significant changes that will directly impact students with learning disabilities (LD) who are preparing for transition to postsecondary education. These modifications include transition planning, reevaluations, new criteria for the diagnosis of LD, and the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Educational Policy, Federal Legislation, Postsecondary Education
Brigham, Nancy; Parker, Caroline E.; Morocco, Catherine Cobb; Zigmond, Naomi – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
Located in the Florida panhandle, Apalachee High School has a student population of 1,894 students, 13% of whom have identified disabilities. The school has a highly experienced teaching staff and a special education faculty that provides acknowledged leadership in the school. Apalachee includes students with disabilities in all aspects of school…
Descriptors: High Schools, High School Students, Disabilities, Case Studies
Aguilar, Cynthia Mata; Morocco, Catherine Cobb; Parker, Caroline E.; Zigmond, Naomi – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
Middletown High School is a comprehensive high school with 1,970 students, located in the environs of Washington, DC. It is distinguished by an open enrollment policy for all courses; a strong emphasis on inclusion of students with learning disabilities (LD) in general education classrooms; block scheduling that allows for more in-depth and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Equal Education, Academic Achievement, Comprehensive Programs
Morocco, Catherine Cobb; Clay, Karen; Parker, Caroline E.; Zigmond, Naomi – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
Walter Cronkite High School is a comprehensive high school of nearly 4,000 students, located in New York City. The population of students with disabilities includes many students with severe and low-incidence disabilities, including 70 students with visual or hearing impairments and 20 students with orthopedic impairments. Cronkite High School's…
Descriptors: High Schools, Freedom, Inclusive Schools, Visual Impairments
Brigharm, Nancy; Morocco, Catherine Cobb; Clay, Karen; Zigmond, Naomi – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
This article summarizes the findings and themes from the three high schools we studied. All three schools engaged in five schoolwide strategies for educating students with disabilities. They provided a broad array of academic courses and program options; provided schoolwide support structures that could be combined and customized to the needs and…
Descriptors: High Schools, Special Needs Students, Disabilities, Student Needs
Miller, Jon F.; Heilmann, John; Nockerts, Ann; Iglesias, Aquiles; Fabiano, Leah; Francis, David J. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
This article examines the question: Do lexical, syntactic, fluency, and discourse measures of oral language collected under narrative conditions predict reading achievement both within and across languages for bilingual children? More than 1,500 Spanish-English bilingual children attending kindergarten-third grade participated. Oral narratives…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Oral Reading, Bilingual Students, Spanish
Therrien, William J.; Wickstrom, Katherine; Jones, Kevin – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
Research was conducted to ascertain if a combined repeated reading and question generation intervention was effective at improving the reading achievement of fourth through eighth grade students with learning disabilities or who were at risk for reading failure. Students were assigned to a treatment or control group via a stratified random…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
Calhoon, Mary Beth; Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Greenberg, Daphne; King, Amber; Avalos, Annalise – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of a supplemental peer-tutoring reading program on phonological and reading fluency skills of first graders (N=78) who were in predominantly Hispanic Title 1 classrooms. Sixty-eight percent of the students were Hispanic, all were English speaking. Six classrooms were randomly assigned to either…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Hispanic American Students, Grade 1, Learning Strategies
