Learning Disabilities-
A disorder in in one or more of the basic psychological process involved in understanding or using language, A student who has a learning disability does not achieve at the expected age and ability level in one or more academic areas and shows a severe discrepancy between achievement and intellectual ability.
Attention
The ability to focus on information
Attention deficit disorder(ADD)
A Condition determined by difficulty in focusing on information and sustaining attention
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
A condition determined by difficulty in focusing on information, sustaining attention, and hyperactive behavior.
selective attention
The child seen to paying attention, but doesn't follow direction or can't summarize the main idea of a story. selective attention - the ability to zero in on the most important part of a piece of information.
Memory
is the process in which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved. Encoding allows information from the outside world to be sensed in the form of chemical and physical stimuli
Meta cogniton
''thinking about thinking''; the ability to identify how one learns and to evaluate, monitor, and adapt the learning process.
Encoding process
The process used to organize information so it can be learned.
Self monotoring
Self monitoring is described in the accompanying teaching strategy.
It teaches the student to evaluate and record their own performance periodically
Organization
A cognitive skill that that involves the ability to see and use similarities and differences and to categorize, arrange, and plan.
Word analysis
is the process of identifying written words' it involves the used of phonics, sight, words, and context clues.
Reading fluency
Fluency is the ability to read a text accurately, quickly, and with expression. Fluency is important because it provides a bridge between word recognition and comprehension. When fluent readers read silently, they recognize words automatically.
They group words quickly to help them gain meaning from what they read.
Direct instruction
The identification and instruction of specific academics skills and the use of techniques that have been empirically demonstrated to be effective with students with learning difficulties.
Strategy instruction
An approach to teaching students with learning, disabilities that involves first breaking down the skills involved in a task or problem into a set of sequential steps and then preparing the steps so that students may read and later memorize them in order to perform the task correctly.
