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Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Assessment for Dyslexia in Adolescents and Young Adults
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Nielsen, Kathleen; Abbott, Robert; Griffin, Whitney; Lott, Joe; Raskind, Wendy; Berninger, Virginia W. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
The same working memory and reading and writing achievement phenotypes (behavioral markers of genetic variants) validated in prior research with younger children and older adults in a multi-generational family genetics study of dyslexia were used to study 81 adolescent and young adults (ages 16 to 25) from that study. Dyslexia is impaired word…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Reading Achievement, Writing Evaluation, Dyslexia
Academic Achievement and Memory Differences among Specific Learning Disabilities Subtypes
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Carmichael, Jessica A.; Fraccaro, Rebecca L.; Miller, Daniel C.; Maricle, Denise E. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
Reading, writing, and math are academic skills involving a number of different executive functions, particularly working memory. Children with specific learning disabilities (SLD) may present myriad academic difficulties, depending on their specific area(s) of processing weakness. is study examined differences in academic achievement and working…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Memory, Learning Disabilities, Executive Function
Learning Disabilities and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Intelligent Well Educated Adults
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Guyer, Kenneth E.; Guyer, Barbara P.; Banks, Steven R. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
This retrospective study examined scores for 111 adult participants on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, the Wide Range Achievement Test-III and the Nelson-Denny Reading Test. All participants were referred to a university clinic for learning problems. The participants were diagnosed with a learning disability, an…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Reading Tests, Hyperactivity