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Peer reviewedShepard, Teri; Adjogah, Selom – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
This study compared the science vocabulary performance of 76 students with learning disabilities (LD) and 78 normally achieving (NA) students at elementary and intermediate grade levels. Findings indicated significant differences in receptive language performance between LD and NA students and differences in expressive language between older and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Expressive Language
Peer reviewedCawley, John F.; Parmar, Rene S.; Yan, Wenfan; Miller, James H. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1998
This study examined the arithmetic computation performance of 229 normally achieving students (ages 9 to 14) and 101 students with learning disabilities. Results found that the students with learning disabilities performed at lower levels and that their progress from one age to another was extremely limited. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Arithmetic, Computation, Curriculum Development
Peer reviewedWilson, Donald R.; David, William J. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
Administration of 2 affective tests to 89 students with learning disabilities (LD) in grades 4-8 revealed that subjects perceived the school environment and academic tasks as 2 separate factors. LD students, compared to nondisabled students, exhibited more positive attitudes toward the school environment than for academic learning tasks. School…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Age Differences, Emotional Response, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedVogel, Susan A.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
Comparison of college students with learning disabilities who either graduated (n=23) or did not graduate (n=17) from college found that the two groups differed on frequency of self-contained placement, duration of private tutoring, high school English courses, and age and prior college experience at college entrance. Gender differences were also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, College Graduates, College Preparation
