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Effects of Structural Coupling and Expectancy Climate on the Effectiveness of Learning Strategies Interventions: A Pilot Study to Establish Reliability and Validity Estimates
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1982-06-01)Successful implementation of the learning strategies model proposed by Alley and Deshler (1979) depends on high levels of interactive planning and effort by learning disabilities teachers, regular classroom teachers and ... -
Predictive Validity of Vocational Entry Measures and A Vocational Education Summative Criterion for LD Adolescents' Success in Vocational Programs
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1982-06-01)Historically, adolescents with specific learning disabilities (SLD) have been denied entry into vocational education programs due to vocational educators' negative assumptions about such students in terms of: (a) career ... -
An Epidemiological Study of Learning Disabled Adolescents in Secondary Schools: Performance on a Serial Recall Task and the Role of Executive Control
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1982-06-01)Success on tasks requiring deliberate memorization depends, in part, on a student's ability to exert appropriate executive control during the learning session. Executive processes are invoked whenever an individual is ... -
An Epidemiological Study of Learning Disabled Adolescents in Secondary Schools: Classification and Discrimination of Learning Disabled and Low-Achieving Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)In recent years, professionals in the field of learning disabilities have begun to address the impact of learning disabilities on adolescents and young adults. Although substantial attention has been directed to the ... -
An Epidemiological Study of Learning Disabled Adolescents in Secondary Schools: Social Status, Peer Relationships, Time Use and Activities In and Out of School
(1980-01-01)In recent years, professionals in the field of learning disabilities have begun to address the impact of learning disabilities on adolescents and young adults. Although substantial attention has been directed to the ... -
An Epidemiological Study of Learning Disabled Adolescents in Secondary Schools: The Relationship of Family Factors to the Condition of Learning Disabilities
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, Lawrence, KS, 1980-01-01)In recent years, professionals in the field of learning disabilities have begun to address the impact of learning disabilities on adolescents and young adults. Although substantial attention has been directed to the ... -
An Epidemiological Study of Learning Disabled Adolescents in Secondary Schools: Behavioral and Emotional Status From the Perspective of Parents and Teachers
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)In recent years, professionals in the field of learning disabilities have begun to address the impact of learning disabilities on adolescents and young adults. Although substantial attention has been directed to the ... -
An Epidemiological Study of Learning Disabled Adolescents in Secondary Schools: Achievement and Ability, Socioeconomic Status, and School Experiences
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)In recent years, professionals in the field of learning disabilities have begun to address the impact of learning disabilities on adolescents and young adults. Although substantial attention has been directed to the ... -
Planning in the Face of Academic Diversity: Whose Questions Should We Be Answering?
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1991-03-01)The goal of this investigation was to identify how regular high school and middle school social studies and science teachers approach teaching their most academically diverse class. Specifically, we sought to determine ... -
The Plans of Secondary Social Studies and Science Teachers for Teaching an Academically Diverse Class
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1992-08-01)The goal of this research was to learn how teachers plan for instruction of their classes made up of academically diverse students. We sought to identify not only what they plan to teach, but also what resources they draw ... -
Barriers to Planning for At-Risk students Implications for Teacher Planning
(1992-08-01)Most studies to date of teacher planning have focused on teachers at the elementary level. The research reported here seeks to expand our knowledge of teacher planning to include the experiences of secondary teachers ... -
Meeting the Challenge of Academic Diversity: Actions of Secondary Social Studies and Science Teachers
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1992-08-01)The goal of this research was to identify what actions teachers take to include all students in learning in academically diverse secondary classrooms. Information was gathered through a collaborative project with 52 secondary ... -
Obstacles to Teaching in the Face of Academic Diversity: Implcations for Planning for Students with Disabilities
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1992-08-01)This study was a collaborative project the incorporated the concerns and insights of 52 secondary science and social studies teachers in identifying the major obstacles in planning to teach academically diverse groups of ... -
Factors Promoting Personal Growth When Teaching Academically Diverse Classes
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1992-08-01)The study was conducted as a collaborative research project with 42 secondary science and social studies teachers in two school districts in eastern Kansas. Researchers and teachers met in a series of Cooperative Study ... -
Factors Inhibiting Personal Growth When Teaching Academically Diverse Classes
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1992-08-01)This study seeks to identify the factors that inhibit personal growth in teaching as teachers work to meet the needs of all students in academically diverse groups of learners. To identify these factors, researchers worked ... -
Efforts to Enhance Personal Growth When Teaching Academically Diverse Classes
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1992-08-01)This study was undertaken to identify what kinds of professional growth experiences teachers value within the context of the challenge presented by academic diversity in their classrooms. The research was carried out With ... -
Characteristics of Good Collegiality Among Secondary Social Studies and Science Teachers When Teaching Academically Diverse Classes
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1992-08-01)The purpose or this study was to explore with teachers the characteristics of good collegiality that would enhance teacher satisfaction and effectiveness in facing the challenges presented by teaching academically diverse ... -
Social Skills Training: A Generalization Study
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1982-08-01)The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of role-playing as a device for assessing generalization of social skills training and to determine the extent to which LD adolescents generalize specific social ... -
Identification and Intervention Procedures for the Learning Disabled in the Earle C. Clements Job Corps Report
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1982-08-01)This report details the procedures and findings of a program to identify and to intervene with LD corps members at a Job Corps training- center. The findings indicate that a valid LD identification procedure was developed ... -
A Mandated Minimum Competency Testing Program and Its Impact on Learning Disabled Students: Curricular Validity and Comparative Performances
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1982-06-01)In this study, LD specialists, regular class teachers, and parents of LD students judged that the objectives of the Kansas Minimum Competency Specifications prescribed for nonhandicapped students were applicable to LD ...