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Lenz, B. Keith – Pointer, 1983
Advance organizers, activities used before the learning task, can help mainstreamed learning disabled adolescents organize information more efficiently. Ten steps for developing advance organizers proceed from informing students to introducing vocabulary and stating the general outcome desired. This approach is easy to implement and may result in…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Learning Disabilities, Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Teaching Reading and Study Skills to Mildly Handicapped Learners: Previewing and Text Summarization.
Reis, Ron; Leone, Peter E. – Pointer, 1987
Two instructional strategies to help mildly learning handicapped students read and understand textual material are described: (1) previewing (use of introductory paragraphs, including questions, that provide a cognitive framework for approaching a textbook passage); and (2) text summarization by students themselves as a follow-up activity.…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Mild Disabilities, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
