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November 2001 | Volume 59 | Number 3

Understanding Learning Differences

Feature Articles

Perspectives / The Brain and Learning

Marge Scherer

Webs of Skill: How Students Learn

Kurt W. Fischer and L. Todd Rose

The process of learning is better represented by a web than a ladder.

Wired for Mathematics: A Conversation with Brian Butterworth

Marcia D'Arcangelo

If humans are born with a sense of numbers, why do some have difficulty understanding math?

Reconceptualizing ADHD

Rosemary Tannock and Rhonda Martinussen

Scientists who understand the cognitive nature of ADHD are rethinking how to best help children with attention and behavior problems.

Confronting the Puzzle of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities

Dorothy M. Vacca

Impaired by problems with visual perception and social response, students with nonverbal learning disorders are often mistakenly seen as emotionally disturbed.

Fragile Brains

Eric Jensen

Damage to the brain and environmental influences can account for certain learning problems.

IKSWAL: Interesting Kids Saddled with Alienating Labels

Thomas Armstrong

The test-and-label approach lures educators away from the complexities of their students' lives.

Beyond the Gifted Stereotype

Carolyn M. Callahan

To meet the needs of gifted learners, teachers must look beyond the myths and seek multiple assessment strategies.

An Early Childhood Accelerated Program

J. Christine Gould, Peggy Thorpe and Valerie Weeks

An early childhood program reaches out to under-served students.

Connecting Brain Research with Dimensions of Learning

Mariale M. Hardiman

A principal tells how her school translates education research into practice.

Making Students as Important as Standards

Richard W. Strong, Harvey F. Silver and Matthew J. Perini

Educators who align standards with learning styles better motivate their students to learn.

Assessing ESOL Students

Judy Abrams, Julia Ferguson and Leslie Laud

A teaching team devises questions to discern whether students have second-language problems or learning difficulties.

Clearing the Hurdles of Inclusion

Sandy Merritt

A 1st grade teacher remembers her introduction to inclusion and offers other teachers insight into the experience.

Putting the I in the IEP

Jennifer Piehler Zickel and Ellen Arnold

Fourth graders take the initiative in analyzing their strengths and weaknesses.

A Year with Bobby

Elizabeth Zylstra

The author makes suggestions for teachers facing the challenges of inclusion.

Brain-Friendly Techniques for Improving Memory

Jeanne King-Friedrichs

In an international school, teachers apply research about how we learn to help students retain new concepts.

Departments

Voices: The Coordinator / Two Inspirational Students

V. Jane Millar

Voices: An American / Choices

Stephanie Selice

Research Link / Grouping Students for Increased Achievement

John H. Holloway

The Shrink in the Classroom / Coping with the Unthinkable

Steven C. Schlozman

Your Turn—A Survey for Readers

ASCD in Action

Web Wonders

Lisa Bintrim

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Copyright © 2001 by Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development




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