Special Education

WebEx: The Relationship Between Reading Difficulties and Problem Behavior Event Date: 10/10/2008

The Center on Instruction hosted a WebEx on October 10, 2008, focused on the prevention of reading difficulties and/or problem behavior. Read more...

Synopsis of "The Use of Reading and Behavior Screening Measures to Predict Nonresponse to School-Wide Positive Behavior Support: A Longitudinal Analysis"

To investigate the ways in which academic and behavior problems develop, McIntosh, Homer, Card, Boland, and Good (2006) conducted a retrospective longitudinal analysis of the interaction between reading skills and problem behavior among students from kindergarten through Grade 5 in a school district that was implementing universal support systems for both reading and behavior. Read more...

Synopsis of "Improving Comprehension of Expository Text in Students with Learning Disabilities: A Research Synthesis"

This synopsis of "Improving Comprehension of Expository Text in Students With LD: A Research Synthesis" discusses the results of a synthesis of 29 studies that addressed instructional approaches for enhancing reading comprehension. Read more...

WebEx: Improving Expository Text Comprehension in Students with Learning Disabilities Event Date: 6/30/2008

The Center on Instruction hosted a WebEx on June 30, 2008, focused on a soon-to-be-released synopsis of a research synthesis, "Improving Comprehension of Expository Text in Students With LD". Read more...

A Synopsis of "The Power of Feedback"

In their article "The Power of Feedback" published in the Review of Education Research (Review of Education Research, 77, 81-112), Hattie and Timperley synthesized the results of 12 meta-analyses of 196 studies that included feedback as an instructional strategy. Read more...

Effective Instruction for Adolescent Struggling Readers: A Practice Brief

This practice brief focuses on the five reading components: word study, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and motivation. Read more...

WebEx: Identifying and Implementing Key Components of Effective Writing Instruction Event Date: 2/20/2008

The Center on Instruction hosted a WebEx on February 20, 2008, focused on writing as a critical aspect of literacy and one in which effective instructional techniques and models for intervention are needed. Read more...

Synopsis of "Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle & High Schools"

This synopsis distills the findings reported in "Writing Next", with special attention to findings for students with learning disabilities. Read more...

WebEx: A Synthesis of Empirical Research on Teaching Mathematics to Low-Achieving Students Event Date: 9/14/2007

The Center on Instruction held a WebEx on September 14, 2007, for Regional Comprehensive Center staff to highlight the recently released synopsis of the 2002 publication A Synthesis of Empirical Research on Teaching Mathematics to Low-Achieving Students. Read more...

WebEx: Extensive Reading Interventions in Grades K-3: From Research to Practice Event Date: 10/24/2007

The Center on Instruction hosted a WebEx on October 24, 2007, to provide an opportunity for authors Dr. Sharon Vaughn and Dr. Jeanne Wanzek to present findings from the Extensive Interventions in Grades K-3: From Research to Practice report and to discuss the implications on reading-related issues for primary-grade students at risk for reading difficulties and learning disabilities. Read more...

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