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Dunn, Michael; Browning, Ruth – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Many schools across the United States and Canada are now implementing response-to-intervention (RTI) as a means to address the needs of students who struggle with reading, writing, or math by using dual discrepancy (i.e., low ability and little to no progress over time with targeted intervention programming) as a means to classify for learning…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Literacy, Foreign Countries, Response to Intervention
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Kubas, Hanna A.; Schmid, Amy D.; Drefs, Michelle A.; Poole, Jennifer M.; Holland, Sara; Fiorello, Catherine A. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
Children with math disabilities (MD) represent a heterogeneous group and often display deficits in one or more cognitive domains. Math proficiency requires a number of different cognitive processes, including quantitative knowledge, working memory, processing speed, fluid reasoning, and executive functions. Assessment practices that do not address…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Achievement, Learning Disabilities
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Dyson, Lily L. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
This study investigated the unexpected effects of inclusion on the families of students with learning disabilities. A focus group interview was conducted with 13 parents who have children with learning disabilities. The children's ages ranged from 5 to 24 years. Findings are reported regarding participants' comments in response to two guiding…
Descriptors: Siblings, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups, Content Analysis