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"An Adjective Is a Word Hanging down from a Noun": Learning to Write and Students with Learning Disabilities
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Harris, Karen R.; Graham, Steve – Annals of Dyslexia, 2013
By the upper elementary grades, writing becomes an essential tool both for learning and for showing what you know. Students who struggle significantly with writing are at a terrible disadvantage. Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress indicate that only 25% of students can be classified as competent writers; students with…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing (Composition), Writing Processes, Writing Ability
Syntactic Complexity in Written Expression of LD College Writers.
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Vogel, Susan A. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1985
Thirty-three college students in a Learning Disabilities (LD) program were compared with thirty-three non-LD peers in syntactic complexity of their writing. LD Ss did not differ significantly on the Syntactic Density Scoring (SDS) procedure for the corrected SDS (CSDS) score, but they did differ on two variables thought to be more sensitive…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Disabilities, Syntax, Writing (Composition)
Object Naming Ability of Adults with Written Language Difficulties.
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Cantwell, Alisa; Rubin, Hyla – Annals of Dyslexia, 1992
This study compared the object naming, object recognition, reading, and spelling abilities of 22 adults, half with written language difficulties and half without. Significant positive relationships were obtained between object naming ability and reading ability, object naming and spelling, and reading and spelling performance. Results suggest that…
Descriptors: Adults, Correlation, Expressive Language, Learning Disabilities
Written Narratives of Normal and Learning Disabled Children.
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Johnson, Doris J.; Grant, James O. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1989
Writing samples of 295 primary school children improved in productivity, syntax, and level of abstraction from grade one through three. The writing of learning-disabled children who were matched with average reading ability primary-school children indicated no significant differences in productivity, but problems in syntax (especially morphology),…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Handwriting, Learning Disabilities, Morphology (Languages)
The Relation between Sense of Audience and Specific Learning Disabilities: An Exploration.
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Gregg, Noel; McAlexander, Patricia – Annals of Dyslexia, 1989
Two college-able learning-disabled writers' social and cognitive profiles and the sense of audience in their written texts are examined. The students' deficits (visual and organizational cognitive processing, and oral language comprehension/production) affected their writing, and the quality of their audience awareness was related to the nature of…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Assistive Technology for Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities: From Research to Practice.
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Higgins, Eleanor L.; Zvi, Jennifer C. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1995
This paper describes a support services program for students with learning disabilities at California State University (Northridge) that utilized clinical and controlled research for prescription of services and compensatory strategies, including assistive technology, and preparation of a written composition curriculum emphasizing use of assistive…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), College Students, Computer Uses in Education