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)

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)

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)

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…

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)

Presents a method of teaching science that employs two kinds of graphic organizers of information, the matrix and the branch-out strategies. Argues that these methods are particularly relevant for slower learners. Provides graphic examples. (HB)

Presents tips to teachers of slow-learning junior high and high school students in social studies courses. To help teachers make the material in the textbooks more interesting to students, the article suggests developing an instructional strategy and creating reading guides geared to their students' reading level. (DB)

School radio is useful if it has motivating power and can be understood and acted out by the students. The series "English for Juniors" is recommended as an example. Methodological points for the teaching of weaker students are presented. (IFS/WGA)

Discusses a method to motivate low level students in which a reading specialist attended class regularly as a "student." By questioning the teacher, comparing notes with students, and acting as a role model, the reading specialist helped these students improve their grades, their class behavior, and increase their self-esteem. (GEA)

The use of literature in a U.S. history class can revitalize the curriculum. The applicability of biographies, historical fiction, and contemporary fiction to history classes is discussed. A brief annotated list of appropriate sources, chronologically arranged for reluctant, average, and advanced readers, is included. (AM)

Discusses Direct Instruction (DI), its rationale, principles of curricular design, and presentation techniques. Presents research on the effectiveness of DI with disadvantaged and handicapped learners. Also offers criticisms of DI. (RAE)

Proposes using cookies (recipe included) and pizza to help Chapter I students, grades two through five, understand basic fraction concepts. (MKR)