http://LDBlog.com/2005/07/04/bummer/ News, commentary, and resources about Learning Disabilities Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:18:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://LDBlog.com/2005/07/04/bummer/#comment-3930 Teach Effectively! » The usual edujunk Wed, 03 Jan 2007 15:15:08 +0000 http://johnl.edschool.virginia.edu/blogs/LDBlog/?p=60#comment-3930 [...] There are lots of reasons to reject Ms. Nagle’s analysis. This snippet shows only one: Learning Disability is not the result of a lack of motivation. If children with Learning Disabilities were not motivated, then all we would need would be some powerful reinforcers, as we have argued in earlier posts on TeachEffectively (here) and LDBlog (here). [...] [...] There are lots of reasons to reject Ms. Nagle’s analysis. This snippet shows only one: Learning Disability is not the result of a lack of motivation. If children with Learning Disabilities were not motivated, then all we would need would be some powerful reinforcers, as we have argued in earlier posts on TeachEffectively (here) and LDBlog (here). [...]

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