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Download full textAndrulis, Richard S.; Alio, Jeanne P. – 1976
In 1974-1975, a preliminary study was undertaken to investigate the presence of learning disabilities in adults. Previously completed research studies have focused entirely upon the child and adolescent, with a direct concentration on remediation of this problem. Learning disabilities, currently estimated to afflict ten million school-aged…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Adult Learning, Cognitive Ability, Educational Research
Sowder, Larry; And Others – 1984
The effect on performance of different formats for typical mathematics story problems was studied, along with the relationship of certain learner variables. More than 1200 children in grades 3-8, including over 220 learning-disabled students, were tested and/or interviewed. Story problems were in the usual format found in textbooks, an abbreviated…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education
