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Peer reviewedAaron, P. G.; Joshi, R. M.; Palmer, Hyyon; Smith, Natasha; Kirby, Edward – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2002
This paper presents a model of differential diagnosis of attentional problems and reading disability that uses intra-individual differences in performance of tasks that vary in their requirement of sustained attention such as listening comprehension (high attention requirement) and reading comprehension (lower attention requirement). The validity…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Disability Identification
Peer reviewedAaron, P. G. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
Listening and reading comprehension tests were administered to 180 children in grades 3-8. A regression equation was derived and applied to listening comprehension scores of seven children with reading difficulties. The procedure was determined to be useful in predicting reading comprehension and attributing it to poor decoding, poor…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods
