Posted in Personal Stories on Nov 29th, 2003 4 Comments »
© 1982-2003 Dale Susan Brown This is the story of how I graduated from college despite serious learning disabilities. Not only did I graduate, but I learned from my classes and made friends. Fortunately, my ability to think clearly and efficiently was not impaired by my handicaps although they made academic achievement a challenge. My [...]
Posted in Personal Stories on Nov 29th, 2003 8 Comments »
© 1983-2003 Dale Susan Brown My first memory of school is sitting on a hard seat, holding my muscles rigid, trying to concentrate on the teacher’s words. “Is this all school is,” I think, “just sitting?” I raise my hand. The teacher calls on me and I stand up. “I’m tired of just sitting here,” [...]
Posted in Personal Stories on Nov 29th, 2003 8 Comments »
© Dale Susan Brown I was a learning-disabled child. My perceptual problems involved all of my senses. I saw double until second grade, when I had surgery. After the operation, my eyes still did not work well as a team, causing figure-ground and depth perception problems. My eyes tracked improperly, and it took me a [...]
Posted in Personal Stories on Nov 27th, 2003 No Comments »
© 2003 R. Cary Westbrook ld2dl@carolina.rr.com www.ld2dl.com Excerpt from “Learning Disabilities and College: Strategies for People that Rock Our World.” A learning disability is defined as “the perceived inability of an individual to analyze, process, and produce information in a traditional learning environment”. That’s a clinical definition. For me, a learning disability is much more [...]
Posted in Personal Stories on Nov 27th, 2003 2 Comments »
© 2003 Keith Lay Growing up is never easy; as anyone with dyslexia knows, school days are a little harder than they are for most. Looking back at my school days in a small town in southern Missouri, I’m very thankful for the opportunity that sports gave me. Being a horrible student because of my [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Nov 27th, 2003 2 Comments »
© 2003 Dr. Lorraine Cleeton lcleeton@hotmail.com Examining the use of external representations and their effect on solutions to problems in informal or formal tests and homework, might reveal to teachers the way that their students solve problems. These entities known as external representations are used when an individual solves a problem and shows his working [...]
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Nov 27th, 2003 3 Comments »
© 2003 Susan Hardin, Assistive Technology Consultant shardin@misd.net Frank Miracola, Instructional Technology Consultant fmiracola@misd.net www.beginwithme.misd.net Begin With ME! is an exciting new classroom-based initiative developed in Macomb County, Michigan. Begin With ME! brings together educators from both special and general education to help young writers. This project carefully folds technology and learning strategies into the [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Nov 27th, 2003 3 Comments »
© 2003 Richard Fredlund richard_fredlund@hotmail.com Four basic principles at work in memory techniques: 1. Familiarity / Vividness: The principle behind any mnemonic is always the same, go from something unfamiliar or difficult to remember, to something familiar and easy to remember. From something dull and unexciting to something vivid, exciting and memorable. 2. Pre-decision: It [...]
Posted in Personal Stories on Nov 13th, 2003 13 Comments »
© 2003 Dale Susan Brown I am writing this article with the hope that readers will understand that each of us is different. What works for one does not work for all. Yet, sharing is helpful, and I hope this material starts someone thinking. I am emphasizing auditory perception here because these difficulties are not [...]