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Adults with Reading Disabilities: Converting a Meta-Analysis to Practice
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Swanson, H. Lee – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
This article reviews the results of a meta-analysis of the experimental published literature that compares the academic, cognitive, and behavioral performance of adults with reading disabilities (RD) with average achieving adult readers. The meta-analysis shows that deficits independent of the classification measures emerged for adults with RD on…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Word Recognition, Adults, Intelligence Quotient
Comparing Two Forms of Dynamic Assessment and Traditional Assessment of Preschool Phonological Awareness
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Kantor, Patricia Thatcher; Wagner, Richard K.; Torgesen, Joseph K.; Rashotte, Carol A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
The goal of the current study was to compare two forms of dynamic assessment and standard assessment of preschool children's phonological awareness. The first form of dynamic assessment was a form of scaffolding in which item formats were modified in response to an error so as to make the task easier or more explicit. The second form of dynamic…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Phonology, Phonological Awareness, Validity
Stereotypes of Individuals with Learning Disabilities: Views of College Students with and without Learning Disabilities
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May, Alison L.; Stone, C. Addison – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
To explore possible reasons for low self-identification rates among undergraduates with learning disabilities (LD), we asked students (38 with LD, 100 without LD) attending two large, public, research-intensive universities to respond to a questionnaire designed to assess stereotypes about individuals with LD and conceptions of ability. Responses…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Research Universities, Learning Disabilities, Identification
Rapid Automatized Naming and Immediate Memory Functions in Chinese Mandarin-Speaking Elementary Readers
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Ding, Yi; Richman, Lynn C.; Yang, Ling-yan; Guo, Jian-peng – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
The purpose of this study was to evaluate rapid automatized naming skills (RAN) and immediate memory processes in 243 Chinese Mandarin-speaking elementary readers (ranging from Grade 1 to Grade 5). For RAN subtests, the mean naming time decreased monotonically with grade level in good and average readers, and a similar trajectory was found in poor…
Descriptors: Cues, Speech Communication, Reading Difficulties, Disabilities
Utility of the PASS Theory and Cognitive Assessment System for Dutch Children with and without ADHD
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Van Luit, Johannes E. H.; Kroesbergen, Evelyn H.; Naglieri, Jack A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2005
This study examined the utility of the Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive (PASS) theory of intelligence as measured by the "Cognitive Assessment System" (CAS) for evaluation of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The CAS scores of 51 Dutch children without ADHD were compared to the scores of a group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders
Use of IQ Criteria for Evaluating the Uniqueness of the Learning Disability Profile.
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Humphries, Ton; Bone, Janet – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1993
Comparisons of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised scores, for 24 children with learning disabilities demonstrating a low verbal, high performance intelligence quotient (IQ) discrepancy and 33 slow learning children having uniformly low verbal and performance IQs, revealed few cognitive differences beyond the Performance Scale…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis