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Direct linkHelman, Amanda L.; Calhoon, Mary Beth; Kern, Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2015
This study investigated the effects of a combined contextual and morphemic analysis strategy to increase prediction and analysis of science vocabulary words by three high school (9th--10th grade) English language learners with reading disabilities. A multiple baseline across participants design was used. Students analyzed science words using the…
Descriptors: Prediction, Vocabulary, Science Instruction, Reading Difficulties
Kennedy, Michael J.; Thomas, Cathy Newman; Meyer, J. Patrick; Alves, Kat D.; Lloyd, John Wills – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that is commonly used for guiding the construction and delivery of instruction intended to support all students. In this study, we used a related model to guide creation of a multimedia-based instructional tool called content acquisition podcasts (CAPs). CAPs delivered vocabulary instruction…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Evidence, Vocabulary Development, Learning Disabilities
Harris, Monica L.; Schumaker, Jean B.; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2011
This study tested the effects of teaching high school students with learning disabilities (LD) and other students enrolled in general education classes a morphemic analysis strategy for analyzing and predicting the meaning of words. A comparison-group design was used with random assignment of three intact classes to each of two conditions: (a) the…
Descriptors: High School Students, Learning Disabilities, Morphology (Languages), Vocabulary
Melekoglu, Macid A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2011
This study was an investigation of the impact of motivation to read on reading gains of struggling readers with and without specific learning disabilities (LD) who were exposed to a structured, research-based daily reading program over an 18-week period. Participants included 13 students with LD and 25 students without disabilities from two middle…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Middle School Students, High School Students, Surveys
Klassen, Robert M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2010
This study examined the self-efficacy for self-regulated learning of 146 early adolescents with and without learning disabilities (LD). Results from the study showed that a 7-item self-regulatory efficacy measure demonstrated factorial invariance for the adolescent sample and also for a validation sample of 208 undergraduates with and without LD.…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Early Adolescents, High School Students
Lancaster, Paula E.; Schumaker, Jean B.; Lancaster, Sean J. C.; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2009
Students with disabilities must meet many testing demands, given the current emphasis on accountability and state competency testing. The purpose of this project was to develop and field test a computerized program to teach the Test-Taking Strategy (Hughes, Schumaker, Deshler, & Mercer, 1988) to secondary-level students with disabilities. The…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Protocol Analysis, Learning Disabilities
Hock, Michael F.; Brasseur, Irma F.; Deshler, Donald D.; Catts, Hugh W.; Marquis, Janet G.; Mark, Caroline A.; Stribling, Jean Wu – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2009
The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine the component reading skills of adolescent struggling readers attending urban high schools. Specifically, 11 measures of reading skills were administered to 345 adolescent readers to gain a research-based perspective on the reading skill profile of this population. Participants were assessed in…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Profiles
Swanson, Elizabeth A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2008
This article synthesizes previous research studies examining reading instruction for students with learning disabilities (LD) through classroom observation methods. An extensive search of the research literature between 1980 and 2005 yielded 21 observation studies. Findings revealed that reading instruction for students with LD is generally of low…
Descriptors: Phonics, Observation, Learning Disabilities, Reading Instruction
Faggella-Luby, Michael; Schumaker, Jean S.; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2007
The effects of using the Embedded Story-Structure (ESS) Routine in a literature course were investigated. A heterogeneous group of 79 ninth graders, including 14 students with LD, were randomly assigned to one of two conditions, with instruction occurring in groups of 12 to 14 students in general education literature classes over a nine-day…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
Learning Disability Quarterly, 2007
This report by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) outlines important concerns about documentation issues related to students with disabilities as they transition from high school to postsecondary settings. These issues center on the "disconnect" between the nature and extent of disability documentation generated during a…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Accessibility (for Disabled), Individualized Transition Plans
Lenz, B. Keith; Adams, Gary L.; Bulgren, Janis A.; Pouliot, Norman; Laraux, Michelle – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2007
Previous research on students with learning disabilities has indicated that they benefit most from explicit instruction. However, few studies have examined how explicit instruction may be translated to the logistical demands associated with large-group instruction in high school general education settings in ways that are socially acceptable to…
Descriptors: Group Instruction, Core Curriculum, Learning Disabilities, Intermode Differences
Download full textChalk, Jill C.; Hagan-Burke, Shanna; Burke, Mack D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
Many students with learning disabilities (LD) exhibit deficiencies in the writing process. In order to achieve an adequate level of writing competence, these students must apply strategies that enable them to effectively plan, organize, write, and revise a written product. Explicit strategy instruction involving a structured style of learning has…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Learning Disabilities, High School Students, Self Management
Weintraub, Frederick – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
This article provides the author's historical account of the chronological developments and milestones for learning disabilities (LD) in the context of the courts, legislatures, and Congress. Three decades later it is helpful to examine the status of the education of students with LD from a policy perspective in the context of the historical…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Public Education, Educational Policy, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Edgar, Eugene – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
In this opinion piece, the author views several major problems facing those who care about students labeled has having learning disabilities (LD). He believes that while there are technical problems that educators should be able to fix (definition of LD, best instructional practices for students so identified, powerful secondary programs that…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Public Schools, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Role
Kortering, Larry J.; deBettencourt, Laurie U.; Braziel, Patricia M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
Success in high school algebra is gaining increased importance for all students, including those identified as having learning disabilities (LD). Despite its importance, we know little about what students with and without LD say about their algebra classes. This study examined findings from a survey of 410 general education students and 46 peers…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Algebra, High School Students, Mathematics Skills
