Learning Disabilities and Reading: Instructional Recommendations from Current Research
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Exceptional Children
- Vol. 50 (3) , 230-240
- https://doi.org/10.1177/001440298305000306
Abstract
This review of research addresses the teaching of reading, one of the most common concerns in the education of students with learning disabilities. First, past conceptualizations of the condition of learning disabilities are considered, then rejected in favor of the notion that learning disabled individuals are characterized by a failure to deploy cognitive resources effectively. Next, recent research on teacher effectiveness and the technology of direct instruction is examined in relation to current understandings of the nature and treatment of learning disabilities. Finally, empirically based instructional strategies for the teaching of reading to the learning disabled are suggested.Keywords
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