In an attempt to identify effective instructional approaches, teachers were videotaped while teaching remedial mathematics. Teacher behaviors were coded and student achievement scores analyzed. Eight categories were found which distinguished between effective and ineffective teachers, including: instruction for the whole class simultaneously…

Presented is a simple and effective formula for aiding low ability, nonmotivated secondary students to construct an essay. It avoids the particulars of composition, like syntax, and concentrates on organization. (KC)

Class hobbies such as coin collecting, stamp collecting and pen pal projects can accelerate the learning of teenaged slow learners. (GW)

Suggestions are made for teaching history to slow-learning students. The importance of developing a sense of time and of stimulating imagination is discussed, and three examples of history activities are provided. (CL)

A teacher had to deal with the problem of effectively instructing slow learners while making sure that the gifted students were kept interested by practicing creative thinking. Paradox and analog techniques were applied to instruction in a biology class. (SBH)

Covers two major aspects of reading instruction for mildly mentally handicapped children in the regular classroom: a review of their reading characteristics and a presentation of questioning techniques useful for promoting their reading comprehension. (FL)

Describes how the combination of composition activities and oral reading encouraged a group of slow learners to read. (KS)

Perceptual-motor coordination is an important area of development for the slow learner, and a carefully planned music program provides assistance by strengthening hand-eye and eye-hand development. (CM)

Unmotivated and/or slow learning high-school students learned to effectively use consumer information sources by writing reports that justified the hypothetical purchase of a particular automobile. Presented are procedures for setting up the project, a timeline/lesson plan for the unit, grading system, and outcomes. (JDD)

Designed for use with secondary level learning disabled students and slow learners, this guide contains materials for familiarizing students with the Iowa Basic Driver's Manual. The following materials are included: pre- and posttests, chapter tests, vocabulary drills, worksheets to accompany each chapter of the Iowa driver's manual, and answer…

Suggestions and ideas are offered for special education teachers making decisions about both the quality and quantity of mathematics practice activities and games for use with slow learners or learning disabled students. (Author/DB)

For special education teachers dealing with slow learners or learning disabled students, the paper describes teacher-made diagnostic tasks and settings for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Remediation techniques and strategies for common error patterns and misunderstandings are discussed for each of the major parts of the…

The paper raises concerns about current intervention practices used with children who, while not handicapped, have academic and/or behavioral problems and who may be labeled handicapped. A lack of options for these high risk students is noted in regular programs, and the impact on the student and the system of the referral-to-testing-to-labeling…

Described is the Music for Slow Learners Project in Great Britain which was designed to examine the special contribution music can make to the education of slow learning children. (IM)

Typing special material of interest to high school students but on a third or fourth grade reading level is a way of instructing reading comprehension to slow learners at Bayside (New York) High School. A STAR (Students' Typing and Reading) lesson is described. (MF)