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Washburn, Jocelyn – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
In this article, I systematically review evidence on the relations between oral reading fluency (ORF) and reading comprehension (RC) for adolescents with limited reading proficiency (ALRP) in Grades 6 to12. I organized findings from 23 studies into five themes: (a) unclear role of ORF in the simple view of reading model for ALRP, (b) ALRP have…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Correlation, Adolescents
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Klassen, Robert M.; Tze, Virginia M. C.; Hannok, Wanwisa – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2013
In this article the authors report a meta-analysis that examines the association between internalizing problems (anxiety and depressive symptoms) and learning disabilities (LD) in adults. Two hypotheses about the relationship between internalizing problems and LD in adults are posited and tested: the abeyance hypothesis (internalizing problems…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Adults, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
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Gray, Sarah A.; Fettes, Peter; Woltering, Steven; Mawjee, Karizma; Tannock, Rosemary – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
To better understand the nature of impairment resulting from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for students in a post-secondary education (PSE) setting, the authors analyzed the symptoms and associated impairment of 135 students with a diagnosis of ADHD who were recruited via Student Disability Services in Canadian post-secondary…
Descriptors: College Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Semi Structured Interviews, Postsecondary Education
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Protopapas, Athanassios; Parrila, Rauno; Simos, Panagiotis G. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
The concept of Matthew effects in reading development refers to a longitudinally widening gap between high achievers and low achievers. Various statistical approaches have been proposed to examine this idea. However, little attention has been paid to psychometric issues of scaling. Specifically, interval-level data are required to compare…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, Longitudinal Studies
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Grigorenko, Elena L.; Macomber, Donna; Hart, Lesley; Naples, Adam; Chapman, John; Geib, Catherine F.; Chart, Hilary; Tan, Mei; Wolhendler, Baruch; Wagner, Richard – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
The literature has long pointed to heightened frequencies of learning disabilities (LD) within the population of law offenders; however, a systematic appraisal of these observations, careful estimation of these frequencies, and investigation of their correlates and causes have been lacking. Here we present data collected from all youth (1,337…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Juvenile Justice, Statistical Analysis, Qualitative Research
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Hammill, Donald D.; Larsen, Stephen C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1974
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Children, Correlation, Exceptional Child Research
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Soethe, James W. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1972
Descriptors: Correlation, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation
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Vukovic, Rose K.; Siegel, Linda S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2006
The double-deficit hypothesis of developmental dyslexia proposes that deficits in phonological processing and naming speed represent independent sources of dysfunction in dyslexia. The present article is a review of the evidence for the double-deficit hypothesis, including a discussion of recent findings related to the hypothesis. Studies in this…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties, Phonology, Reading Rate