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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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Reading Comprehension Instruction for Secondary Students: Challenges for Struggling Students and Teachers.
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Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E.; Graetz, Janet E. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2003
Specific difficulties for the secondary student with reading difficulties are described, followed by a literature review of most promising practices, including peer tutoring that incorporates comprehension strategy instruction and elaborative strategies in history and science classes. Research using "Inspiration" software to generate spatially…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Learning Disabilities, Peer Teaching
On Babies and Bathwater: Addressing the Problems of Identification of Learning Disabilities.
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002
This article reviews problems in identification of learning disabilities and considers proposed alternatives to present procedures. It argues that the major problems of over identification, variability, and specificity, can be eliminated by increasing specificity and consistency of state criteria and strict adherence to identification criteria on…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions, Disability Identification
Using Mnemonic Strategies To Teach Information about U.S. Presidents: A Classroom-Based Investigation.
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Mastropieri, Margo A.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1997
Over a six-week period, students (N=19) with learning disabilities in an inner-city middle school were taught the chronological order of the U.S. presidents. Half the time a modified mnemonic keyword-pegword strategy was used and the other half rehearsal and representational pictures. Delayed posttesting revealed a significant main effect for…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Memorization
Mnemonic Vocabulary Instruction for Learning Disabled Students.
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Mastropieri, Margo A.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1985
In two experiments, learning disabled junior high school students learned definitions of 14 vocabulary words either according to a pictorial mnemonic strategy (the "keyword method") or via principles of direct instruction. Results showed that the keyword method was substantially more effective even when keyword students were required to generate…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Mnemonics, Teaching Methods
Mnemonic Instruction of LD Students: A Field-Based Evaluation.
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
Comparison of teaching U.S. history content to learning disabled junior-high school students using either mnemonic or nonmnemonic materials found that students learned substantially more information when instructed mnemonically. Teachers felt the mnemonic materials were significantly more appropriate for these students than traditional…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Mnemonics
Mnemonic Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: What It Is and What It Does.
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Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
This article describes the concept and varieties of mnemonic instruction and how mnemonics interacts with the specific learning characteristics of learning-disabled students. The effectiveness of the techniques, as reported in research studies, is described. Implications for classroom instruction and further research are provided. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies