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Reeve, Robert; Reynolds, Fiona; Humberstone, Judi; Butterworth, Brian – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2012
Dot enumeration (DE) and number comparison (NC) abilities are considered markers of core number competence. Differences in DE/NC reaction time (RT) signatures are thought to distinguish between typical and atypical number development. Whether a child's DE and NC signatures change or remain stable over time, relative to other developmental…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Profiles, Children, Reaction Time
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Firth, Nola; Greaves, Daryl; Frydenberg, Erica – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
In this study, the authors compared the results of a coping measure completed by 98 seventh through ninth grade students who were assessed as having learning disabilities with published means from the general Australian student population. The "Adolescent Coping Scale" was the measure used. The results suggested higher use by students…
Descriptors: Age, Learning Disabilities, Coping, Grade 7
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Woodcock, Stuart; Vialle, Wilma – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2010
Over recent years, moves toward the inclusion of students with special needs in mainstream classrooms has brought about increasing attention to the way general education teachers perceive these students. Commensurate with this has been a growing interest in what may constitute educational success for children with special needs in mainstream…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, Learning Disabilities
National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2011
Research messages 2010 is a collection of summaries of research projects published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The summaries are clustered under five broad themes used by NCVER to organise its research and analysis: Industry and employers; Students and individuals; Teaching and learning: VET system; and VET in…
Descriptors: Retirement, Employment Level, Employer Attitudes, Learning Disabilities
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Prior, Margot; And Others – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1985
Comparison of hyperactive and normal children indicated that hyperactive children did not show deficits in the ability to sustain attention, although signal detection analysis showed some lowered capacity in both focused and selective attention to targets. Subsamples of learning-disabled and neurologically impaired hyperactive children showed…
Descriptors: Attention, Auditory Stimuli, Children, Comparative Analysis
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McLeod, Sharynne; McKinnon, David H. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2007
Background: Prevalence data are of interest to health professionals and educators to assist in the planning of service delivery, allow for the calculation of the level of impact of intervention, and allow for the consideration of the boundaries between typical development and impairment. Aims: To determine the prevalence of children with…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Learning Problems, Incidence, Visual Impairments