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Unraveling the Complex Nature of Mathematics Learning Disability: Implications for Research and Practice
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Watson, Silvana M. R.; Gable, Robert A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2013
In this article, we provide an overview of current knowledge on the underlying cognitive deficits associated with mathematics learning disabilities (MLD). We highlight difficulties surrounding the identification of MLD that include inconsistency in defining MLD, comorbidity with other disabilities, problems associated with assessment tools and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Comorbidity, Mathematics Skills
Perceptual Skills and Arabic Literacy Patterns for Mathematically Gifted Children with Specific Learning Difficulties
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Al-Hroub, Anies – British Journal of Special Education, 2010
Phonological awareness is a key factor in the development of literacy, and frequently presents itself as an area of weakness in pupils with reading difficulties. In this article, Anies Al-Hroub of the American University of Beirut sets out to define a distinguishing pattern of characteristics that supports the identification of pupils with…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Phonological Awareness, Memory, Foreign Countries
Development and Validation of a Reading-Related Assessment Battery in Malay for the Purpose of Dyslexia Assessment
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Lee, Lay Wah – Annals of Dyslexia, 2008
Malay is an alphabetic language with transparent orthography. A Malay reading-related assessment battery which was conceptualised based on the International Dyslexia Association definition of dyslexia was developed and validated for the purpose of dyslexia assessment. The battery consisted of ten tests: Letter Naming, Word Reading, Non-word…
Descriptors: Indonesian Languages, Reading Tests, Test Construction, Test Validity
Children with Down Syndrome: Implications for Assessment and Intervention in the School
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Davis, Andrew S. – School Psychology Quarterly, 2008
Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of mental retardation and one of the most frequently occurring neurodevelopmental genetic disorders in children. Children with Down syndrome typically experience a constellation of symptomology that includes developmental motor and language delay, specific deficits in verbal memory, and broad…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Etiology, Disability Identification, Intervention
Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying Achievement Deficits in Children with Mathematical Learning Disability
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Geary, David C.; Hoard, Mary K.; Byrd-Craven, Jennifer; Nugent, Lara; Numtee, Chattavee – Child Development, 2007
Using strict and lenient mathematics achievement cutoff scores to define a learning disability, respective groups of children who are math disabled (MLD, n = 15) and low achieving (LA, n = 44) were identified. These groups and a group of typically achieving (TA, n = 46) children were administered a battery of mathematical cognition, working…
Descriptors: Memory, Mathematics Achievement, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification
Phenotypic Variation and FMRP Levels in Fragile X
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Loesch, Danuta Z.; Huggins, Richard M.; Hagerman, Randi J. – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2004
Data on the relationships between cognitive and physical phenotypes, and a deficit of fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene-specific protein product, FMRP, are presented and discussed in context with earlier findings. The previously unpublished results obtained, using standard procedures of regression and correlations, showed highly…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Intelligence Quotient, Short Term Memory, Foreign Countries