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Peer reviewedBaumberger, Julie P.; Bangert, Arthur W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
Research articles (n=174) published in the "Journal of Learning Disabilities" from 1989 through 1993 were analyzed and coded by type of research design and statistical technique used. Eighty percent of the research designs were nonintervention methods; 55% of all statistical techniques were coded as primary, 32% were intermediate, and…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Research Design, Scholarly Journals, Statistical Analysis
Peer reviewedMoats, Louisa C.; Lyon, G. Reid – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
Discussion of conceptual and methodological aspects of reading intervention research focuses on nine specific design limitations of previous intervention research; ways to measure and analyze change as a function of development, treatment intervention and ecological influences; assumptions of individual growth models; and advantages, conditions,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Models, Reading Difficulties, Reading Research
Peer reviewedWood, Frank B.; Grigorenko, Elena L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2001
Examination of methodological issues in the design and interpretation of studies on the genetics of reading disability suggests three tests of increasing rigor for determining whether reading score distributions are categorical and thus not subject to analyses which assume a continuous normal distribution. Also noted are interactive relationships…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Dyslexia, Genetics
Peer reviewedWong, Bernice Y. L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
The importance and relevance of longitudinal research in learning disabilities is addressed, including its value in verification of appropriate hypotheses concerning particular developmental patterns and debunking of misconceptions. Examples from various longitudinal studies are given. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedHeshusius, Lous – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
The author replies to responses to her article, "The Newtonian Mechanistic Paradigm, Special Education, and Contours of Alternatives" (EC 220 916). Topics covered include the degree of objectivity versus the idea of objectivity, theory-data separation versus theory-laden data, Piagetian theory and the question of theory versus paradigm,…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Models
Peer reviewedRaskind, Marshall H.; Gerber, Paul J.; Goldberg, Roberta J.; Higgins, Eleanor L.; Herman, Kenneth L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
Synthesizes information from a 1995 international symposium on longitudinal research in learning disabilities. Discussion of generic considerations of longitudinal research is followed by examination of issues specific to learning disabilities including definition, attrition, composition of research teams, ethical concerns, data collection, and…
Descriptors: Conferences, Data Collection, Learning Disabilities, Longitudinal Studies
Peer reviewedWolery, Mark; Ezell, Helen K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
Issues are raised about the Council for Learning Disabilities Research Committee's standards for describing research subjects, including justification for the recommended standards, relationship between description of subjects and probability of replication, and impact of the type of research on subject description standards. Recommendations are…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Groups, Learning Disabilities
