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Learning Characteristics of LD Students in Reading

Reading Assignment: Bender Text, Chapter 6

ASK YOURSELF, "How well do I understand reading instruction? How much do I know about, understand and am able to explain about the following topics:

cloze procedures

word bank activities

sight-word activities

phonic/sight-word debates

phonological awareness ?"

Seven Learning Characteristics in Reading Exhibited by LD Students

1. Overdependency
2. Difficulty Monitoring Performance
3. Failure To Modify Strategies

reading a textbook requires different skills than reading a story, LD students fail to modify their reading strategies accordingly

Note: An excellent informal reading inventory-The Qualitative Reading Inventory-II (QRI-II) Leslie & Caldwell; School of Education; Marquette University; Milwaukee, Wi. 53233 ISBN 0-673-99086-9

differs from other IRIs

narrative and expository passages at each pre-primer to junior-high level

passages represent structures / topics found in basal readers and content-area textbooks

passages (pre-primer through grade two) presented with/without pictures

knowledge of concepts important to understanding of passage assessed

comprehension measured two ways:

a) through analysis of student’s retelling
b) through answers to explicit and implicit comprehension questions

used to measure student’s awareness and use of various metacognitive strategies for comprehending text

diagnostic options include:

a) estimated reading levels
b) suggested directions for instructional intervention
c) profile of student’s reading ability

4. Memory Problems

5. Difficulty Mastering Letter Sounds and Vocabulary

6. Difficulty in Generalization

7. Difficulty in Approaching a Task Positively

PONDER PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED LEARNING STRATEGIES (MODULE 1):

How can we get regular classroom teachers to use learning strategies which address the above characteristics of LD students more consistently and effectively? Post comments for discussion in Module 2 Assignments and Posting Information in Caucus.

Post any learning/reading strategy ideas (not previously mentioned in Module 1) in Module 2 Bulletin Board of Ideas in Caucus. See the "How-To Construct Your Own" learning strategy in B.B. of Ideas.

M2 "Light"er Side Assignments