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College Students with Learning Disability Diagnoses: Who Are They and How Do They Perform?
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Sparks, Richard L.; Lovett, Benjamin J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
The purpose of this study is to provide an up-to-date review of the literature on postsecondary students classified as having learning disabilities (LD). The review focused on the criteria by which students were classified as LD and the cognitive and achievement characteristics of the participants. From almost 400 studies, only 30% were empirical…
Descriptors: College Students, Investigations, Learning Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis
Objective Criteria for Classification of Postsecondary Students as Learning Disabled: Effects on Prevalence Rates and Group Characteristics
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Sparks, Richard L.; Lovett, Benjamin J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
This study examined the consequences of classifying postsecondary students as learning disabled (LD) using five objective sets of criteria: IQ-achievement discrepancies (1.0 to 1.49 SD, 1.5 to 1.99 SD, and greater than or equal to 2.0 SD), DSM-IV criteria, and chronic educational impairment beginning in childhood. The participants were 378…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Disability Identification, Postsecondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Stability of Arithmetic Disability Subtypes.
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Silver, Cheryl H.; Pennett, H. Deborah-Lynne; Black, Jeffrey L.; Fair, George W.; Balise, Raymond R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
A study examined the stability over 19 months of academic subtyping classification of 80 children (ages 9 to 13) representing four subtypes of arithmetic disabilities (AD). Approximately half of the sample retained AD regardless of identification method. Children with deficits in arithmetic, reading, and spelling disabilities exhibited the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis
Operationalizing a Definition of Learning Disabilities.
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Shaw, Stan F.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
Past, present, and future concerns regarding the definition of learning disabilities (LD) are documented. Research on efforts to clarify the LD label is discussed, including the questionable utility of the discrepancy model. An approach is presented for operationalizing the definition of LD of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities.…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis
Reading Disability Defined as a Discrepancy between Listening and Reading Comprehension: A Longitudinal Study of Stability, Gender Differences, and Prevalence.
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Badian, Nathlie A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
A study that followed 1,008 children from prekindergarten through grade seven or eight for 13 years found that defining reading comprehension disability in terms of a discrepancy between group-administered tests of listening and reading comprehension provided a fairly accurate estimate of the stability, gender ratio, and prevalence of the…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Elementary Education