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Peer reviewedMorgan, Allison E.; Singer-Harris, Naomi; Bernstein, Jane H.; Waber, Deborah P. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2000
Forty children (ages 7-11) referred for evaluation of learning problems, who had normal scores on measures of academic achievement, were compared to 81 similarly referred children who had scored low. Children with normal achievement scores had higher IQs and better decoding skills, however, the two groups showed similar neuropsychological…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSparks, Richard L.; Philips, Lois; Ganschow, Leonore; Javorsky, James – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
A comparison of 46 college students with learning disabilities (LD) who received permission to waive a foreign language (FL) requirement with 21 students with LD who fulfilled the requirement found that more students who had petitioned had a 1.0 standard deviation discrepancy between IQ and achievement and were referred only for FL learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Graduation Requirements
Peer reviewedDas, J. P.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Elementary children (n=112) comprising average IQ, high IQ, dyslexic, and normal readers were administered measures of planning, attention-arousal, simultaneous and successive processing, phonemic segmentation, and nonverbal IQ. Cognitive tasks differentiating dyslexic from normal readers were the successive processing tasks and two tasks of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Attention Control, Cognitive Processes, Decoding (Reading)
Peer reviewedBonafina, Marcela A.; Newcorn, Jeffrey H.; McKay, Kathleen E.; Koda, Vivian H.; Halperin, Jeffrey M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2000
Using cluster analysis, a study empirically divided 54 children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) based on their Full Scale IQ and reading ability. Clusters had different patterns of cognitive, behavioral, and neurochemical functions, as determined by discrepancies in Verbal-Performance IQ, academic achievement, parent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aggression, Attention Deficit Disorders, Children
Peer reviewedSparks, Richard L.; Philips, Lois; Ganschow, Leonore; Javorsky, James – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
A study of 86 college students with learning disabilities (LD) that received permission to substitute courses for a foreign language (FL) requirement found that there were no differences in cognitive and academic achievement among students with different levels of discrepancy, graduating grade point average (GPA), or college FL GPA. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Grade Point Average
Peer reviewedWadsworth, Sally J.; Olson, Richard K.; Pennington, Bruce F.; DeFries, John C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2000
Composite reading performance data from 223 pairs of identical twins and 169 same-gender fraternal twins in which at least one member was classified with reading disability were subjected to multiple regression analysis. Results indicated that the genetic etiology of reading disability differs as a linear function of IQ. (Contains extensive…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Children, Disability Identification, Environmental Influences
