Students with Learning Disabilities

Paper Summary:

This paper gives an overview of the different types of learning difficulties that students are faced with today. The paper also enumerates the different learning theories and approaches that are being used in teaching students with learning disabilities.

Outline:
Introduction
Learning Difficulties
Types of Learning Disabilities
Learning Theories Applicable to Students with Learning Disabilities
The Constructivist Approach
The Classical Condition Approach: The Constructivist or Direct Instruction
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Learning disabilities refer to a range of problems that would often arise when the information coming from the individual's senses are not accurately received and processed by the individual's brain. Most learning disabilities are compounded by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) especially in children. A learning disability can greatly affect the way students of average to above average intelligence receive, process, or express information which would last for the entire life of the student and it can further impact the student's ability to learn the basic skills of reading, writing, or math."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Booker, G. (2004) Difficulties in Mathematics: Errors, origins and implications. In. B.A. Knight & W. Scott (Eds.), Learning Difficulties: Multiple Perspectives.
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• Caroline Summer. (08/30/1999). Teaching Students with Disabilities. http://dsp.berkeleyedu/TeachStudentsWithDisab.html
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