Teaching Students with Learning Problems - Softcover

Mercer, Cecil D.; Mercer, Ann R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131128078 ISBN 13: 9780131128071

Publisher: Pearson, 2004

Synopsis

For courses in teaching students with mild disabilities and students at risk for school failure. Also for courses in teaching students with disabilities in inclusive and Special Education settings.

This top-selling practical, research-based text contains the resources teachers need to make informed decisions concerning their students with learning or behavior problems, making it the most useful methods text on the market. Prided for its unique and comprehensive coverage of classroom assessment and methods for the content areas, it assists teachers in finding effective practices to facilitate instruction of students with learning problems.

About this title

About the Author

Cecil D. Mercer is a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Florida. He received his Ed.D. in special education from the University of Virginia in 1974. Cecil has written numerous articles and books on educing exceptional students. One of his major works is Students with Learning Disabilities, and he is coauthor of the Strategic Math Series, the Great Leaps Reading Program, and the Great Leaps Math Program. Cecil remains involved in the educational programs of exceptional students through his participation in in-service and classroom activities in public and private schools, and he is a featured keynote and workshop speaker at many national conferences. Cecil has served on the International Dyslexia Association Board of Directors and on the Learning Disabilities Association of America Professional Advisory Board. He has been awarded the College of Education Teacher of the Year award three times at the University of Florida and also has received the University of Florida Graduate School Advisor/Mentoring Award.

Ann R. Mercer is an educational diagnostician in Gainesville, Florida, and a former special education teacher of students with emotional disabilities and students with learning problems at both the elementary and secondary levels. Ann is coauthor of Self-Correcting Learning Materials for the Classroom in addition to several articles and book chapters in the field of special education. Ann and Cecil have three sons and three daughters-in-law, Kevin and Jen, Greg and Erica, and Ken and Kristin; two grandchildren, Noelle and Nicholas; and a golden retriever named Buckley.

From the Back Cover

Long recognized as the most comprehensive and practical text for special education methods courses, the seventh edition of Teaching Students with Learning Problems continues this tradition. Here, classroom teachers in special and general education environments can find everything they need in one place―instructional activities, teacher-made materials, scope and sequence skills lists, assessment strategies, and descriptions of commercial materials and software.

New or Enhanced Coverage in This Edition:

• New research from the National Institutes of Health and the National Reading Panel on reading assessment and interventions in phonological awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension
• Enhanced coverage of collaboration, inclusion, effective teaching practices, classroom management, cultural diversity, affective development, functional curriculum, and transitions
• Updated descriptions and discussions of tests, materials, and software
• CD-ROM to accompany Teaching Students with Learning Problems, Seventh Edition―This new CD-ROM contains selected figures and tables from the text, blank forms and additional strategies, activities, and resources related to chapter content in the text.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131128078
• ISBN 13: 9780131128071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608