The purpose of this article is to discuss classwide peer tutoring as an effective instructional procedure. The article is organized into three major sections: [a] general principles of instruction, (bj description of classwide peer tutoring procedures, and (c) review of effectiveness data concerning classroom process (i.e., ecological and behavioral factors) and student achievement outcomes. It...

The use of a modified direct instruction flashcard system with two high school on multiplication facts for two elementary students with learning disabilities. Derby KM,Everson, M. The effects of using flashcards with reading racetrack. sample with edibles on number recognition using Students who are documented as having delays benefit greatly from learning math are prevalent among children with...

Fifteen semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 parents (n = 5 with both parents; n = 10 with mother only) of disabled children who had a range of physical and learning difficulties, to explore what information they had received about their child's disabilities, from whom and whether they had found it useful. Information needs were also explored. The interviews were audiotaped and tran...

This study aimed to describe narrative discourse productions of older language impaired learning disabled (LILD) children, using stringent reliability measures. Coherence and cohesion were the measures of analysis employed. Content and clarity ratings provided a subjective analysis of narrative productions. Interrater and intrarater reliability measures were calculated and testing for stability...

A specific learning disability is intrinsic to the child and linked to neurological dysfunctions, whereas a specific learning difficult in United Kingdom is seen as a school issue, a mismatch between the child’s performance and what the curriculum offered. This study explores the concept of learning disability with the aim of identifying the traits or symptoms as well as causes and educational ...

In order to investigate the precise acoustic features of stop consonants that pose perceptual difficulties for some children with learning problems, discrimination thresholds along two separate synthetic /da-ga/ continua were compared in a group of children with learning problems (LP) and a group of normal children. The continua differed only in the duration of the formant transitions. Results ...

Background & objectives: Parents of children with learning disorders experience more negative emotions than parents of normal children, therefore, they require attention and receiving psychological interventions.  This study made an effort to reduce the psychological problems of these mothers. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of self-compassion training on the shame an...

Patterns of performance on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) have been proposed as useful tools for the identification of children with learning disabilities (LD). However, most of the studies of WISC-R patterns in children with LD have been plagued by the lack of a typically achieving comparison group, by failure to measure individual patterns, and by the lack of a ...