A Visual Approach to Improved Literacy Skills for Special Education Adolescents: An Exploratory Study.

Sinatra, Richard; Venezia, Jennie F.

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ERIC Number: EJ353993

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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A Visual Approach to Improved Literacy Skills for Special Education Adolescents: An Exploratory Study.

Sinatra, Richard; Venezia, Jennie F.

Exceptional Child, v33 n3 p187-92 Nov 1986

"Academically disabled" adolescents (N=70) participated in a visual literacy approach to reading and writing development. The subgroup of learning disabled students significantly improved in reading comprehension and narrative and descriptive writing, while "borderline" students (intelligence quotient 70-89) improved in reading comprehension. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Hyperactivity, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities, Neurological Impairments, Perceptual Handicaps, Reading Improvement, Secondary Education, Slow Learners, Visual Literacy, Writing Improvement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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