The study of cognitive processing in high IQ and average IQ elementary grade learning disabled and non-learning disabled children found that LD students were poorer in sequential processing and planning compared to NLD students; high IQ LD students lost their IQ advantage to low IQ LDs in sequential scores. (Author/DB)

Determined if Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised subtest patterns would differentiate the performance of emotionally disturbed and learning-disabled children. Subtests differentiated significantly between diagnostic categories. Learning-disabled children performed predictively poorer on block design, picture arrangement, and object…

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…

Examined were the effects of chronological age and mental age on the understanding of logical rules by four subject groups (10- to 14-years-old): 10 average IQ Ss, 10 learning disabled Ss, 10 older educable retarded Ss and 10 younger educable retarded Ss. (Author/CL)