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Cirino, Paul T.; Fletcher, Jack M.; Ewing-Cobbs, Linda; Barnes, Marcia A.; Fuchs, Lynn S. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2007
The objectives of this study were to (1) evaluate group differences in specific arithmetic competencies among students with various types of learning difficulties (LD) and (2) to examine the influence of attention behaviors on possible group differences. Participants were a community sample of 291 third- and fourth-grade students with reading…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Arithmetic, Reading Difficulties, Mathematics Skills
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – Education and Treatment of Children, 1989
Nineteen learning-disabled and 10 emotionally disturbed pupils, aged 8-15, were assigned randomly to computer-assisted curriculum-based measurement (CBM), pen and paper CBM, and contrast groups. CBM students exhibited more specific knowledge of their spelling goals and felt they received more frequent and more graphic displays of performance…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods
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Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1990
The study examined use of a curriculum-based measurement computer program to first, evaluate phonetic patterns in four spelling curricula and second, help special education teachers (N=27) identify students' phonetic spelling errors. Results indicated similarities among curricula and effectiveness of the ongoing feedback on teachers' skills. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Patterns
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Calhoon, Mary Beth; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Hamlett, Carol L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2000
Over four weeks, 81 secondary students with learning disabilities were tested on four parallel mathematics performance assessments, each under a different condition: standard administration, teacher-read, computer-read, and computer-read with video. Results indicated that providing a reader, either human or computer, increased scores on…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Uses in Education, Learning Disabilities