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The Social Competence of Students with Learning Disabilities over Time: A Within-Individual Examination.
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Vaughn, Sharon; Hogan, Anne – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This longitudinal study followed the social development of 239 students (including 10 students with learning disabilities) from kindergarten through fifth grade. Repeated measurements of peer acceptance, reciprocal friendship, self-concept, and social skills found a substantial amount of instability in social competence components for the students…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Education, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence
Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with Learning Difficulties. What Works for Special-Needs Learners
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Klingner, Janette K.; Vaughn, Sharon; Boardman, Alison – Guilford Publications, 2007
A highly practical resource for the classroom, this book offers clear, research-based recommendations for helping students at all grade levels understand and learn from what they read. Explaining the skills and strategies that good readers use to comprehend text, the authors show how to support struggling students in developing these skills. They…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Learning Problems
Social Competence as a Multifaceted Construct: How Do Students with Learning Disabilities Fare?
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Vaughn, Sharon; Haager, Diane – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1994
Social competence of 239 students with and without learning disabilities (LD) was followed from kindergarten through fifth grade. Students with LD demonstrated the same trends in social competence as non-LD students. Students with LD differed significantly from average-high-achieving non-LD students on social skills and behavior problems, but not…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education