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Cognitive Styles and Learning Disabilities.

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Blackman, Sheldon; Goldstein, Kenneth M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1982

Research is reviewed relating the cognitive style dimensions of field dependence and reflection impulsivity to underachievement, process deficits (minimal brain dysfunction), and hyperactivity. In general, field independence and a reflective cognitive style were associated with better performance. (Author)

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Hyperactivity, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Underachievement

Cluster Analysis of Children and Adolescents with Brain Damage and Learning Disabilities Using Neuropsychological, Psychoeducational, and Sociobehavioral Variables.

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Williams, Dorothy L.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992

The Conners Rating Scale was used to identify psychoeducational, neuropsychological, and sociobehavioral variables in attempting to define subtypes within a population of 95 children (mean age 10.6 years) with learning disabilities (LD) or documented brain damage. Results supported the sociobehavioral component in LD subtyping and parallels…

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education