Descriptor
| Definitions | 3 |
| Identification | 3 |
| Learning Disabilities | 3 |
| Classification | 2 |
| Intervention | 2 |
| Cognitive Ability | 1 |
| Educational History | 1 |
| Etiology | 1 |
| Evaluation Criteria | 1 |
| Evaluation Methods | 1 |
| Individual Characteristics | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Learning Disability Quarterly | 3 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
| United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textKeogh, Barbara K. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
This article discusses issues of classification and identification, while evaluating some of the continuing controversies about learning disabilities (LD) related to those topics. The author suggests that many problems have to do with confusion between the two. Despite years of effort and an extraordinary increase in the number of individuals…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Individual Characteristics, Classification, Learning Disabilities
Rueda, Robert – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
A recent overview of the field of learning disabilities (Torgesen, 2004) laid out several issues that will likely consume the field for the foreseeable future, including problems of definition and etiology, differentiation of learning disabilities from other disabilities, and issues in identification and service delivery. It has been approximately…
Descriptors: Etiology, Learning Disabilities, Classification, Identification
Kavale, Kenneth A.; Holdnack, James A.; Mostert, Mark P. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
Responsiveness to intervention (RTI) is being proposed as an alternative model for making decisions about the presence or absence of specific learning disability. We argue that many questions about RTI remain unanswered, and that radical changes in the proposed regulations are not warranted at this time. Since many fundamental issues related to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Psychometrics, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
