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Learning disability (5117 bytes)
1: In broad terms, the phrase '''learning disability''' covers any of a range of conditions that affec...
7: People born with severe learning disability and with an [[IQ]] lower than 70 are usually char...
9: ==Major afflictions that impair learning==
20: ...ese are poorly studied, but have clear effects on learning. Effects can be semantic, syntactic or analytica...
21: ...r with verbal expression. All can interfere with learning, at both the input and output phases of the proce...

Disability (5165 bytes)
1: The term "'''disability'''", as it is applied to [[human]]s, refers to an...
3: ==Types of disability==
5: "Disability" can be broken down into a number of broad sub-ca...
14: ... This position is known as the [[medical model of disability]].
16: ...ng adaptations, but the bulk of his problem - his disability - can be found in the attitudinal and physical ba...

Disability etiquette (3377 bytes)
3: “[[Disability]] etiquette”, then, is a misnomer: In contrast to...
5: ...to use, although it most likely grew out of the [[Disability Rights Movement]] that began in the early [[1970]...
9: Most disability etiquette guidelines seem to be predicated on a s...
16: * “…a person who appears to have one kind of disability also has others.”
30: “Disability etiquette” exists to draw attention to common ass...

Disability pension (240 bytes)
1: ...ork]] due to a [[disability]]. An example of a '''disability pension''' is the [[Canada Pension Plan]].

State disability (522 bytes)
1: ...e are several states that provide [[statutory]] [[disability]] programs. They are funded by mandatory contribu...
3: ==States with statutory disability plans ==

Disability rights movement (1850 bytes)
1: ... improve the [[quality of life]] of people with [[disability|disabilities]]. [[Accessibility]] and [[safety]]...
7: ... care for disabled people. [[Not Dead Yet]] is a disability rights organization that is well-known for orches...

Social model of disability (1403 bytes)
1: ...on-disabled people, and seeking equal treatment. Disability is not seen as something invoking pity or in need...
3: ... that disable - they are effectively removing the disability.

Disability Rights Commission (400 bytes)
1: '''The Disability Rights Commission''' (DRC) is an independent publ...
3: [[Julie Fernandez]] is an actress who has a disability and who supports many of the DRC campaigns.
6: *[http://www.drc-gb.org Disability Rights Commission]
7: [[Category:disability]]

State Disability Insurance (989 bytes)
1: ...program of the State of California for short-term disability income replacement. The program is in effect sinc...
5: ... of disability and continue for up to 52 weeks of disability if the beneficiary paid SDI taxes as an employee,...

Disability Discrimination Act (2834 bytes)
1: ...uality duty. The British Government set up the [[Disability Rights Commission]] to provide support for the Ac...
6: ...replaced the National Disability Council with the Disability Rights Commission;
7: ...rovisions in Part 4 of the Act in connection with disability discrimination in schools and other educational e...
9: ...on Act 1995 (Amendment) Regulations 2003, and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Pensions) Regulations 20...
11: ...parliament.uk/pa/ld200405/ldbills/006/2005006.htm Disability Discrimination Bill] was introduced in the House ...

Medical model of disability (555 bytes)
1: According to the classic '''medical notion of disability''':
3: # disability is a physical condition

Brain Disability Awareness Stamp (609 bytes)
1: The '''Brain Disability Awareness Stamp''' is a proposed [[First Class]] ...

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (2485 bytes)
1: ...a health status classification of functioning and disability due to the consequences of [[disease]].
3: ... the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and its abbreviation of "ICF." This cl...
15: ...tic. It allows for an assessment of the degree of disability, although it is not a measurement instrument. It ...

E-learning (10671 bytes)
1: ...ebct-screenshot.png|thumb|250px|Typical [[Managed Learning Environment]] with a navigation menu and icons gi...
3: ...d may also be considered to be a form of flexible learning.
4: ...ning as a means to ''effective'' or ''efficient'' learning, due to its ease of access and the pace being det...
6: ...an the term e-learning. One may also claim that e-learning companies often focus on course content, while on...
8: ... solution is available, either combining distance learning with direct contact 'close at hand' human educati...

Learning (1061 bytes)
2: ...[[Education]] is the conscious attempt to promote learning in others.
4: There are theories and subcategories in regard to learning. Here are a few:
5: *[[Efficient learning method]]
6: *[[Learning theory (education)]]
7: *[[Organizational learning]]

M-learning (1581 bytes)
1: ...ng) possible.[[Image:Scheme.GIF|frame|A scheme of Learning forms]]
5: * For whom do we develop a M-learning enviroment?
14: M-learning is the term given to a learner-centered approach ...
41: * [http://www.m-learning.org/index.shtml M-learning : home]

Q-Learning (182 bytes)
1: The learning of an action-value function that gives the expect...
3: [[Category:Reinforcement learning]]
4: [[Category:Machine learning]]

Lifelong learning (1444 bytes)
1: ...concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in organisatio...
3: Lifelong learning sees citizens provided with learning opportunities at all ages and in numerous context...
5: ...accomplished through [[distance learning]] or [[e-learning]], [[home schooling]] or [[correspondence course]...
13: *[[Learning]]

Transformative learning (17687 bytes)
1: The theory of '''transformative learning''' that has been developed by Jack Mezirow during...
7: ...spective transformation leading to transformative learning, however, occurs much less frequently. Mezirow be...
11: ... of defining their worlds. His theory describes a learning process that is primarily "rational, analytical, ...
15: ...(Grabov 1997, p. 90). This view of transformative learning is based primarily on the work of Robert Boyd (Bo...
21: ...eason and logic to a definition of transformative learning that is more psychosocial in nature (Taylor 1998)...

Learning styles (4972 bytes)
2: ...ctive (attitude). In other words, your preferred learning style is simply '''''how you learn best'''''.
4: ==Types of learning styles==
5: Experts have proposed several taxonomies for learning styles.
8: ...he vocabulary to describe the four basic types of learning styles, the following are representative categori...
14: ...uals who do not demonstrate any one or two strong learning style preferences are described as multi-modal le...

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