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Miller, James H.; Carr, Sonya C. – Diagnostique, 1997
Eighty-seven elementary students in grades four, five, and six, were administered a 30-item multiplication instrument to assess performance in computation across grade levels. An interpretation of student performance using error ratio analysis is provided and the use of this method with groups of students for instructional decision making is…
Descriptors: Computation, Disability Identification, Error Patterns, Evaluation Methods
Dudley-Marling, Curt; Rhodes, Lynn K. – Canadian Journal of English Language Arts, 1989
Reflects on some of the problems encountered in the authors' experimental approach to a study of reading comprehension. Discusses the limitations of experimental research, and presents an alternative to experimental or quantitative research, focusing on the relationship between teachers and learners as they interact in classrooms. (MM)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Qualitative Research
McLarty, Joyce – 1982
Educators designing procedures for identifying students as learning disabled are faced with serious technical difficulties. A student with a learning disability is one who "has a severe discrepancey between achievement and intellectual ability" in one or more designated areas. The methods of quantifying achievement, intellectual ability,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Correlation, Evaluation Methods, Handicap Identification
