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Wakeman, Holly N.; Wadsworth, Sally J.; Olson, Richard K.; DeFries, John C.; Pennington, Bruce F.; Willcutt, Erik G. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
This study investigated the relationship between mathematics difficulties and psychopathology in a large community sample (N = 881) of youth (8-18 years of age) in the United States. The primary aims of the study were to (a) test the associations between mathematics difficulties and specific components of internalizing, externalizing, attention,…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Correlation, Learning Problems
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Peterson, Robin L.; McGrath, Lauren M.; Willcutt, Erik G.; Keenan, Janice M.; Olson, Richard K.; Pennington, Bruce F. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2021
Despite historical emphasis on "specific" learning disabilities (SLDs), academic skills are strongly correlated across the curriculum. Thus, one can ask how specific SLDs truly are. To answer this question, we used bifactor models to identify variance shared across academic domains (academic "g"), as well as variance unique to…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Clinical Diagnosis
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Wadsworth, Sally J.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
Achievement and intelligence test scores of a nonclinical sample of adopted and nonadopted Colorado children were compared at 7 years of age (n=415) and 12 years of age (n=230). Results provided little or no evidence for an increased risk of learning disabilities in "easily placed" adopted children. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adopted Children, Elementary Education, High Risk Students
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Brown, Virginia, Ed. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1975
Reviewed in relation to the learning disabled are the Goodman & Burke Reading Miscue Inventory a booklet entitled "Natural Language--A Clinician-Guided Program for Parents of Language-Delayed Children", and an inservice program in Grand Junction, Colorado. (DB)
Descriptors: Evaluation, Exceptional Child Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Acquisition