Cynthia M. Sheehan A ninth grader offers a self-analysis of his writing disability and attention deficit disorder. Here is a rationale for a literacy instruction program for young adults with Down syndrome. The aims, features, theoretical perspectives, and main teaching approaches of the program, as well as its positive outcomes, are described. A teacher researcher explored ways of helping African American adolescents with poor reading skills read, understand, and respond to literature with word study activities, fluency development exercises, literature, and writing. Nancy Hansen-Krening Psychologists use affect, behavior, and cognition to understand people.
Teachers can use the same ABCs to learn more about readers.