3. Types of Learning disability
1) Academic Learning disability
These Disabilities are also respectively termed "dyslexia"(Reading Disorder), "dysgraphia"(Writing Disorder), and "dyscalculia"(Mathematics disorder). Youth with learning disabilities most are reading disabled.
(1) Reading Disability
Children with reading problems may struggle to read excessively slowly or
Ⅰ.Outline
1. Definition of Learning disability
The term "Learning Disabilities" usually refers to developmental problems in reading, writing, and arithmetic ―the "three Rs" of the classroom that are essential to learning as well as to everyday functioning.
2. Epidemiology
Prevalence of learning disabilities ranges from 2~10 percent of U.S. school children, with rates for b
Ⅰ.Outline
1. Definition of Learning disability
The term "Learning Disabilities" usually refers to developmental problems in reading, writing, and arithmetic ―the "three Rs" of the classroom that are essential to learning as well as to everyday functioning.
2. Epidemiology
Prevalence of learning disabilities ranges from 2~10 percent of U.S. school children, with rates for b
Effective schools meet the learning needs of the students who attend them.
Equal Educational Opportunity Survey in 1966
Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Public Law 94-192
Effective Schools Movement
Effective Schools research
Coleman Report
Family and community factors prevented some children
movement, the right brain “believes” the information and retains it, in the same way that skills such as swimming or riding a bicycle are remembered long term.
Asher sees TPR as directed to right-brain learning, whereas most second language teaching methods are directed to left-brain learning. Asher holds that the child language learner acquires language through motor movement – a righ