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Learning Disabilities at Twenty-Five: The Early Adulthood of a Maturing Concept.
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Levine, Melvin D. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1989
The keynote speech identifies six categories of problem areas for children with learning disabilities: (1) synchronization, (2) consistency, (3) methodology, (4) cohesion, (5) saliency determination, and (6) tempo. A model of neurodevelopmental functions and performance elements to guide researchers and practitioners is offered. (DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Metacognition, Models
A Comparison of Regular Students and Students with Learning Disabilities on a Performance-Based Assessment in the Area of Science.
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McFarland, Jacqueline L. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1997
Examined the performance of middle school students with learning disabilities (N=86) or without (N=39) on the Science Appraisal Battery. Questions required either verbal answers or hands-on activities with no time limits. Regular education students outperformed students with learning disabilities on all portions of the test and on both verbal and…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Middle Schools
Tourette's Syndrome and Learning Disorders.
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Harris, Deborah; Silver, Archie A. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1995
Twenty-one children (ages 6-15) with Tourette's syndrome completed an educational battery. Seventy-five percent had problems with spelling and writing, 50% had difficulty with calculations, and 25% had difficulty with word identification and reading comprehension. Visual-motor defects were common. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Incidence, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems
The Clock Drawing Test: Establishing Normative Standards for Use in Psychoeducational Assessment.
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Darwish, Diane; Hagin, Rosa A. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1995
The Clock Drawing test was administered to 143 regular education students (grades 1-4) to determine approximate grade levels at which skill on the test may be expected and to 30 students with learning disabilities. For the regular children, scores improved most between first and second grade. The disabled children scored significantly lower than…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification, Elementary Education
The Learning Disability of Attention Deficit Disorder.
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Cherkes-Julkowski, Miriam; Stolzenberg, Jonathan – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1991
Two discriminant function analyses were conducted to determine the cognitive/educational profile which differentiated 4 groups of 68 elementary/secondary level students: attention deficit disorder (ADD), with and without medication; learning disabilities (LD); and nonhandicapped. By treating the LD and nonmedicated ADD subjects as one group, a…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Discriminant Analysis
Clinical Study of Adults with Severe Learning Disabilities.
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Johnson, Doris J. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1994
This study evaluated the psychoeducational patterns of 14 adults (ages 19 to 37) with learning disabilities and reading ability at the fourth-grade level or below. Subjects' backgrounds and reasons for referral are summarized, and results of intervention in oral language, reading, written language, and mathematics are reported. (DB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Learning Disabilities, Literacy Education
The Compensatory Effectiveness of Optical Character Recognition/Speech Synthesis on Reading Comprehension of Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Higgins, Eleanor L.; Raskind, Marshall H. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1997
Thirty-seven college students with learning disabilities were given a reading comprehension task under the following conditions: (1) using an optical character recognition/speech synthesis system; (2) having the text read aloud by a human reader; or (3) reading silently without assistance. Findings indicated that the greater the disability, the…
Descriptors: Character Recognition, College Students, Computer Assisted Testing, Higher Education