AIM
Posted in Glossary on Jan 22nd, 2005 No Comments »
AIM = America Online (AOL) Instant Messaging. A standard for chat programs using shared name/identity databases. iChat uses the AIM database as does the AOL chat client and others.
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Visual Figure-Ground
Posted in Glossary on Jan 19th, 2005 No Comments »
Ability to focus on the foreground of material presented visually, rather than background. Those who have difficulty with this may find it hard to keep their place while copying or reading, may find a crowded page of print or illustrations confusing, etc.
Kansas Strategic Instruction Model (SIM)
Posted in Glossary on Jan 19th, 2005 No Comments »
A collection of teaching and learning strategies developed by Don Deshler and others at The University of Kansas. SIM Philosophy: Most low-achieving adolescents can learn to function independently in mainstream settings. The role of the support-class teacher is to teach low-achieving adolescents strategies that will enable them to be independent learners and performers. The role [...]
Assistive Technology
Posted in Glossary on Jan 19th, 2005 1 Comment »
Equipment that enhances the ability of students and employees to be more efficient and successful. For individuals with LD, computer grammar checkers, an overhead projector used by a teacher, or the audiovisual information delivered through a CD-ROM would be typical examples. All tools and technology can be “assistive” to people with learning disabilities and to [...]
Accommodations
Posted in Glossary on Jan 19th, 2005 No Comments »
Techniques and materials that allow individuals with LD to complete school or work tasks with greater ease and effectiveness. Examples include spellcheckers, tape recorders, and expanded time for completing assignments.
Written Language
Posted in Glossary on Jan 5th, 2005 No Comments »
Encompasses all facets of written expression, e.g., handwriting, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, format, ability to express one’s thoughts in sentences and paragraphs, etc.
Word Recognition
Posted in Glossary on Jan 5th, 2005 No Comments »
Ability to read or pronounce a word; usually implies that the word is recognized immediately by sight and that the child does not need to apply word analysis skills. Does not imply understanding of the word.
Visual Association
Posted in Glossary on Jan 5th, 2005 No Comments »
Ability to relate concepts which are presented visually, through pictures or written words. For example, given a picture of a dog, house, flower and bone, the child is able to indicate that the dog and bone go together.
Verbal Ability
Posted in Glossary on Jan 5th, 2005 No Comments »
Specific meaning of this term varies, depending upon the manner in which a given test measures this ability. Generally refers to oral or spoken language abilities.
Sound Blending
Posted in Glossary on Jan 5th, 2005 No Comments »
The ability to combine smoothly all the sounds or parts of a word into the whole.
Phonics Approach
Posted in Glossary on Jan 5th, 2005 No Comments »
Method for teaching reading and spelling in which emphasis is placed on learning the sounds which individual and various combinations of letters make in a word. In decoding a word, the child sounds out individual letters or letter combinations and then blends them to form a word.
Perseveration
Posted in Glossary on Jan 5th, 2005 No Comments »
The repeating of words, motions, or tasks. A child who perseverates often has difficulty shifting to a new task and continues working on an old task long after classmates have stopped.