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Reading Improvement for Mainstreamed Children Who Are Mildly Mentally Handicapped.
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Buttery, Thomas J.; Mason, George E. – Reading Improvement, 1979
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)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mainstreaming, Mental Retardation, Reading Improvement
Read + Write + Talk = Progress
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Niensted, Serena – Journal of Reading, 1977
Describes how the combination of composition activities and oral reading encouraged a group of slow learners to read. (KS)
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Oral Reading, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education
STAR: Students' Typing and Reading.
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Misenoff, Ann – Business Education Forum, 1978
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)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Program Descriptions, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties
Teaching Word Recognition to Slow-Learning Children.
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Bateman, Barbara – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1991
This article examines characteristics of low-performing readers, especially their poor word recognition skills; compares approaches to teaching word recognition to slow-learning children; identifies characteristics of successful methods of teaching word recognition; and concludes that phonics-based, thoroughly systematic, direct instruction is…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
On Teaching the Learning Disabled: A Practical Viewpoint.
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Weissmann, Jill – English Journal, 1982
Reports how a teacher developed practical methods for raising the reading scores of low ability, learning disabled students. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Compensatory Education, High Schools, Learning Disabilities
Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom: Strategies and Techniques Every Teacher Can Use To Challenge and Motivate Struggling Students.
Winebrenner, Susan – 1996
This book offers principles and practical suggestions for effectively teaching students with a variety of learning difficulties in the regular classroom. Chapter 1 contains tips for helping all students feel welcome in the classroom and Chapter 2 suggests ways to get all students involved in all learning activities. Chapter 3 describes categories…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style
Jonathan Turner Junior High School Slow Learner Program.
Hardin, Susan J. – 1987
Jonathan Turner Junior High School, in Jacksonville, Illinois, identified 121 7th- and 8th-grade students as being below grade level in one or more subject areas. A special program for slow learners was designed, which called for classes of no more than 20 students. The program was successfully initiated without special funding or added personnel.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Curriculum Development, Junior High Schools, Language Arts