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Reading Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: An Observation Study Synthesis (1980-2014)
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Walker, Melodee A.; Stevens, Elizabeth A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2017
This article synthesizes observation studies investigating reading instruction for students with learning disabilities (LD) in Grades K-12. A systematic search of the literature between 1980 and 2014 resulted in the identification of 25 studies. In addition to replicating and extending E. A. Swanson's synthesis, the research questions of studies…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Observation, Elementary Secondary Education
Issues in the Employment of Adults with Learning Disabilities.
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Adelman, Pamela B.; Vogel, Susan A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1993
This literature review examines 10 areas related to employment of adults with learning disabilities: transitions to work, obtaining employment, type of employment, rate of employment, wages, job satisfaction, job success, effect of learning disabilities on work, compensatory strategies, and employer perceptions. Methodological issues, emergent…
Descriptors: Adults, Education Work Relationship, Employment, Employment Patterns
Learning Disabilities Referrals, Eligibility Outcomes, and Services in Community Colleges: A Four-Year Summary.
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Mellard, Daryl F.; Byrne, Mark – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1993
This study describes the pattern of self-referrals for learning disability services in California's 103 community colleges; eligibility decisions; and students served according to age, ethnic, and gender groupings. Older students, Asians, and Filipinos were referred in lower numbers than their proportion in the general student population, while…
Descriptors: Age, Community Colleges, Eligibility, Ethnic Groups
Learning Disabilities Definitions and Criteria Used by State Education Departments.
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Mercer, Cecil D.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
A survey of 51 state departments of education focused on learning disabilities definitions, identification criteria, and operationalization procedures. Results showed the continued impact of the 1977 federal definition and criteria. Findings are compared with those from a 1985 survey and discussed in terms of trends, prereferral interventions,…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education