Adult Learning Disabilities. Overview: ERIC Fact Sheet No. 9.

Autor/inn/en	Mays, Francine; Imel, Susan
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Columbus, OH.
Titel	Adult Learning Disabilities. Overview: ERIC Fact Sheet No. 9.
Quelle	(1982), (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Students; Adults; Educational Diagnosis; Guidelines; Individual Characteristics; Learning Disabilities; Resource Materials; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Pedagogical diagnostics; Pädagogische Diagnostik; Richtlinien; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Quellenmaterial; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	An overview of learning disabilities in adults is presented to aid in detection, diagnosis, and instruction. Following a description of learning disabilities in general, and the occurrence in adults in particular, nine observable characteristics of learning-disabled adults are discussed: (1) vision problems; (2) extraneous vocal sounds; (3) inability to match sounds to symbols or to distinguish between similar sounds; (4) confusion about sequential order; (5) inability to simultaneously integrate basic sensory channels for learning; (6) low level of frustration; (7) negative self-image; (8) poor concept of time; and (9) physical conditions resulting from metabolism problems. Recommendations for formal and informal diagnostic procedures are presented including observation, selecting an instrument, and steps to take after testing. Nine specific teaching and learning strategies are offered for working with learning-disabled adults. Two resources, upon which this fact sheet is based, are listed as available from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system. (DC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC