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Effects of traditional versus tactual/kinesthetic instruction on junior high school learning-disabled students.

Academic Exchange Quarterly

| September 22, 2002 | Mitchell, Diane; Dunn, Rita; Klavas, Angela; Lynch, Vivian; Montgomery, Nancy; Dunmore, 4th Earl of | COPYRIGHT 2002 Rapid Intellect Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Abstract

One hundred and fourteen learning-disabled (LD) students in grades eight, nine, ten, and eleven were taught grammar alternately using two different instructional methods--traditional and tactual/kinesthetic. Effects on achievement, applications to writing, and attitudes then were analyzed to determine the relative impact of each method on these variables. A counter-balanced design was employed with subjects serving as their own control group during the four-week duration of the study. Inclusive in each week were a pretest, one day of instruction, a posttest with an application to writing, and an attitude survey. Data were examined using analysis of ...

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