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Evans, James R.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1976
Compared was the incidence of lateral phoria, a tendency for the eyes to turn in or out, in 45 elementary grade learning disabled children and 364 children in regular elementary education classes. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Incidence, Learning Disabilities, Vision
Buckley, Robert E. – Academic Therapy, 1977
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Metabolism, Neurological Organization
Nall, Angie – Academic Therapy, 1973
Descriptors: Electroencephalography, Exceptional Child Research, Feedback, Hyperactivity
Frank, Jan; Levinson, Harold N. – Academic Therapy, 1976
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Dyslexia, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Sterling, Patricia J.; Sterling, Harold M. – Academic Therapy, 1980
The relationship between neurological examinations and scores on the Quick Neurological Screening Test (QNST) was analyzed for 353 undifferentiated students in the general population and 204 students with known or suspected learning problems. No S shown to have a clearly abnormal neurological examination received a low score on the QNST. (CL)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Neurological Impairments, Neurological Organization
Jordan, Brian T. – Academic Therapy, 1976
In answer to R. Allington's criticism of the Jordan Left-Right Reversal Test (JLRRT), the author contends that Allington's research used an outdated version of the JLRRT, that Allington's research into the relationship of visual reversals to reading skills does not reflect on the validity of the test to measure reversals. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulty, Test Validity
Fuller, Gerald B.; Friedrich, Douglas – Academic Therapy, 1974
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Grill, J. Jeffrey – Academic Therapy, 1977
Survey data from five school system coordinators of special education in Alabama indicate incongruity between the criteria for identification of learning disabled adolescents proposed by J. Lee Wiederholt (1975) and the observed characteristics of 161 students, grade 7 through 12, already identified as learning disabled. (JG)
Descriptors: Definitions, Exceptional Child Research, Identification, Learning Disabilities
Hill, Charles H.; Martinis, Anne S. – Academic Therapy, 1973
Sixteen fourth and fifth grade children with learning disabilities were given individualized spelling instruction which stressed the visual-kinesthetic-tactile modes of learning. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Individualized Instruction, Kinesthetic Methods, Learning Disabilities
Kershner, John R.; Kershner, Barbara A. – Academic Therapy, 1973
Descriptors: Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Lateral Dominance, Learning Disabilities
Rosenthal, Joseph H. – Academic Therapy, 1973
Reviewed is research in the neurophysiology of cognitive functions as it related to dyslexia. (DB)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Electroencephalography, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research
Bradley, Estelle – Academic Therapy, 1975
Examined were the effects of early identification and specific remedial intervention with 1,641 kindergarten children who received the Des Plaines Kindergarten Screening Test to identify potential learning problems early in the school year. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Identification, Intervention, Kindergarten
Baker, Ahmad M.; Kauffman, James M. – Academic Therapy, 1978
The Lorge-Thorndike Intelligence Test was found to be effective in screening 275 fifth grade students for learning disabilities. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Tests, Learning Disabilities
Spalding, Norma V.; Geiser, Marilyn Charlesworth – Academic Therapy, 1978
Four classroom teachers minimally trained to use the Quick Neurological Screening Test tested 13 high achievers and 11 learning disabled elementary students. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Neurological Impairments
Harth, Robert; Justen, Joseph E., III – Academic Therapy, 1977
In an examination of the validity of the Visual Closure subtest of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities, 94 learning disabled students (mean age 9 years) were administered three visual measures. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Test Validity
