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Selection of Subjects in Research on Learning Disabilities: A View from the Social Side.
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Bryan, Tanis – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
The selection of subjects for research on learning disabilities is a function of contemporary notions about learning disabilities, the purpose of the study and level of knowledge about the topic, and practical constraints. Denigrations of the extant research database, along with unaffordable demands for subject selection and descriptions, threaten…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Learning Disabilities, Participant Characteristics, Research Design
How Replicable Is Current LD Research? A Follow-Up to the CLD Research Committee's Recommendations.
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Hammill, Donald D.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
Research articles published in 10 major journals during the years 1984-1987 were evaluated to determine how many satisfied the recommendations of the Council for Learning Disabilities' Research Committee on reporting subject data. Only 4 of the 277 articles included acceptable information in 7 recommended areas of subject data. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Groups, Learning Disabilities
Subject Descriptions and Single-Subject Research.
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Wolery, 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
And Now the Rest of the Story: The Research Process as Intervention in Experimental and Qualitative Studies.
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Boudah, Daniel J.; Lenz, B. Keith – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2000
This article contends that educational researchers need to realize that the research process itself is an unregarded intervention beyond any intentional treatment effects or secondary effects on the research participants or other stakeholders. Implications are discussed for conducting and reporting experimental and qualitative research to increase…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, Educational Research, Experimental Groups
Minimum Standards for the Description of Participants in Learning Disabilities Research.
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Rosenberg, Michael S. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1994
This paper discusses the problem of vague and inconsistent descriptions of individuals with learning disabilities in research reports, presents guidelines for the description of participants in small and large sample research studies, and makes suggestions for promoting compliance with the minimum standards. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Groups, Guidelines
Minimum Standards for the Description of Participants in Learning Disabilities Research.
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Rosenberg, Michael S.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
Guidelines, developed by the Council for Learning Disabilities Research Committee, for the minimum description of participants with learning disabilities in educational research. Subjects should be described both in the report narrative and in an accompanying table. Editors of professional journals are urged to require that all manuscripts contain…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Groups, Learning Disabilities