This handbook was developed as a resource on learning disabilities (LD) for North Carolina educators. The first section covers guidelines for identifying, diagnosing, and developing services for LD students. The handbook then provides an overview of effective practices for teaching students with learning disabilities and some ideas for structuring…

This book explores successful teaching and learning approaches in multicultural college or university classrooms. Chapter 1, "Once You Accept, Then You Can Teach" (Juan C. Gonzalez), challenges instructors to think about how the students' cultural backgrounds relate to their educational goals and achievement and describes what faculty…

This document explores the United Kingdom's developing practice of recognizing adult students' achievement in ways that make flexible use of the learning outcomes methodology, provide a mix of accredited and non-credited work, and are sensitive to the ethos of adult learning. (That ethos is often characterized by adult students' desire for…