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Predictors of Responsiveness to Early Literacy Intervention: A 10-Year Update
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Lam, Elizabeth A.; McMaster, Kristen L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2014
The purpose of this review was to update previous reviews on factors related to students' responsiveness to early literacy intervention. The 14 studies in this synthesis used experimental designs, provided small-group or one-on-one reading interventions, and analyzed factors related to responsiveness to those interventions. Participants were…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Longitudinal Studies
Research and Educational Implications of Some Recent Conceptualizations in Learning Disabilities.
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Wong, Bernice – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
The three theories considered are H. S. Adelman's interactional model of learning disabilities, A. O. Ross' theory of developmental lag in selective attention, and J. K. Torgesen's conceptualization of the learning disabled child as an inactive learner. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Attention, Child Development, Learning Disabilities, Learning Theories
Development and Disorders of Neurocognitive Systems for Oral Language and Reading.
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Booth, James R.; Burman, Douglas D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2001
This article first outlines a tentative neurocognitive model of oral language and reading. It then reviews recent functional magnetic resonance imaging studies of the development of oral language and reading and brain-imaging research on dyslexia in light of the proposed neurocognitive model. Finally, research on the plasticity of neural systems…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Dyslexia, Language Acquisition
Career Education for the Learning Disabled--Where Are We Now?
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Mori, Allen A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1980
The author traces some of the current trends in career education for the learning disabled and presents a model for providing career education to secondary learning disabled students. (SBH)
Descriptors: Career Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Disabilities, Models
Discrepancy and Severity in the Learning Disabled: A Consolidated Perspective.
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Weller, Carol – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1980
The paper presents a consolidated criteria model which can be used to identify the discrepancy and severity level of learning disabled students. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Linguistic Transitions and Learning Disabilities: A Strategic Learning Perspective.
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Wiig, Elisabeth H. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
The paper describes and advocates process-oriented rather than product-oriented approaches to language intervention for students with language-learning disabilities. The paper discusses the need for different reasoning strategies in language intervention, a "levels of competence" macromodel for language intervention, a process-oriented micromodel,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Language Acquisition
Lessons from Research on Dyslexia: Implications for a Classification System for Learning Disabilities.
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Padget, S. Yancey – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1998
Specific reading disability/dyslexia is examined as the one type of learning disability for which research results are consistent enough to suggest a model. The implications of this model are considered and three types of learning disabilities are discussed: specific language impairments, specific reading disability/dyslexia, and specific math…
Descriptors: Classification, Disability Identification, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education
Research and Educational Implications of Some Recent Conceptualizations in Learning Disabilities.
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Wong, Bernice Y. L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1988
The paper discusses the implications for research and education of learning disabled students of three models of learning disabilities. The models focus on either: (1) child-centered process problems (attentional deficits), (2) nonspecific performance problems (metacognitive problems), and (3) the interaction between child-centered variables and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Design
Important Publications in the Field of LD in Light of Imminent Topics.
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Scanlon, David; Boudah, Daniel; Elksnin, Linda K.; Gersten, Russell; Klingner, Janette – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2003
This article synthesizes articles discussed as part of the research symposium at the 24th International Conference on Learning Disabilities on October 11, 2002. Topics include translating learning disability research to practice, identification of learning disabilities, special education and postmodernism, and the response to treatment model.…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
1980s: A Change in Focus of Reading Comprehension Research: A Review of Reading/Learning Disabilities Research Based on an Interactive Model of Reading.
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Weisberg, Renee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1988
The article contains a review of reading comprehension research since 1980, based on an interactive model of reading, with a focus on reading disabilities/learning disabilities. Included are studies which have investigated the influence of readers' prior knowledge of a topic, the influences of text structure and task demands, and metacognitive…
Descriptors: Interaction, Knowledge Level, Learning Disabilities, Metacognition