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Learning Disabilities
GOs & Students with Learning Disabilities
Students with a learning disability who were taught reading using
graphic organizers scored much higher on reading comprehension Mild Intellectual
Disabilities
tests than those same students who were taught using standard
methods of instruction. Students with LDs need explicit instruction to
understand how concepts are related, to recognize the differences
Autism
between main and subordinate ideas, and to put all the pieces
together to make a clear picture of the content being learned.
Emotional & Behavioral
Disorders
There are many different forms of graphic organizers.
The main five are displayed below.
ADHD
Cognitive Mapping
Graphic Organizers
References:
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