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Maintaining reading-disabled students' attention during reading instruction

Southern University

Earl H. Cheek, J

Louisiana State University

Diane Kritsonis

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board

This paper provides a brief review of the professional literature as it is related to reading-disabled students and their inability to maintain attention during reading instruction. Factors that can cause or contri bute to reading-disabled pupils' inability to attend during reading are delineated General strategies which reading teachers and specialists can use to increase their disabled readers' attention are described Also, specific instructional techniques that educators can use to facilitate reading-disabled students' attention during instruction are noted.

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