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Research Project: Measurement and Improvement of Hard Winter Wheat End-Use Quality Traits

Location: Grain Quality and Structure Research

Title: Teaching Chemistry to Students with a Learning Disability

Author
item NORTON, AMIE

Submitted to: American Chemical Society
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/31/2021
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: A Learning Disability (LD) is defined as deficits in one or more of several domains, including reading disabilities, mathematical disabilities, and disabilities of written expression. Many LDs are invisible, thus, if the student doesn’t disclose it is hard to determine that the student has an LD. The difficulty in reading, writing, and math occurs even though the student has adequate intelligence, healthy emotional development, and adequate learning opportunities. There are 7 types of learning disabilities we will cover in this chapter dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, audio processing disorder (APD), visual processing disorder (VPD), nonverbal learning disability (NLD), and dyspraxia. We will also cover teaching techniques, stigma of LDs and legislation.

Technical Abstract: A Learning Disability (LD) is defined as deficits in one or more of several domains, including reading disabilities, mathematical disabilities, and disabilities of written expression. Many LDs are invisible, thus, if the student doesn’t disclose it is hard to determine that the student has an LD. The difficulty in reading, writing, and math occurs even though the student has adequate intelligence, healthy emotional development, and adequate learning opportunities. There are 7 types of learning disabilities we will cover in this chapter dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, audio processing disorder (APD), visual processing disorder (VPD), nonverbal learning disability (NLD), and dyspraxia. We will also cover teaching techniques, stigma of LDs and legislation.