Brought to you by Learning Disabilities Worldwide (LDW®) through the generosity of Saint Joseph's University. Learning requires the retention of material. Teachers spend a great deal of time preparing lesson plans and presenting them to teach students important information. However, it is not just the sending of information that is essential; it is also the receiving of the information. Learning relies on memory that consists of many different processes: encoding – getting in

Brought to you by Learning Disabilities Worldwide (LDW®) through the generosity of Saint Joseph's University When a student begins to struggle with the academics presented at school, often in the early elementary grades, teachers and parents alike typically suspect that there may be an underlying learning problem. Although teachers have some degree of experience with students who have Learning Disabilities (LD), classroom interactions are not the sole determining factor in a

Brought to you by Learning Disabilities Worldwide (LDW®) through the generosity of Saint Joseph's University. What makes a rectangle a rectangle? Is a square a rectangle? Is a rectangle a square? These are just some of the many questions which students ponder as they develop levels of geometric thought. Through the study of geometry, students come to understand geometric representations, learn to reason logically, make justifications, build connections among ideas, learn to m