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Peer reviewedForness, Steven R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
In response to two papers decrying reductionism and advocating holistic constructivism in models of learning disabilities, the article applauds trends toward a shifting paradigm in the field but warns against advocating any single approach as the only valid path to effective learning. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Educational Philosophy, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education
Forness, Steven R.; Kavale, Kenneth A. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation, 1993
A meta-analysis of 268 studies suggested a deficit in subjects with mental retardation (compared to controls without mental retardation) across 12 categories of learning tasks, a relative deficit which remained, after training, across 7 categories of strategies. When strategy training was evaluated, the effect size was 0.701, which compares…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedForness, Steven R.; Keogh, Barbara K.; MacMillan, Donald L.; Kavale, Kenneth A.; Gresham, Frank M. – Remedial and Special Education, 1998
This response to Detterman and Thompson (1997) analyzes their criticisms of special education and presents evidence of the effectiveness of current instructional techniques for children with disabilities in contrast with the cognitive approaches favored by Detterman and Thompson. Assumptions about the significance of intelligence testing and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disabilities, Educational Methods, Educational Strategies
