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Lauren D. Goegan; Damilola Olanrewaju; Gabrielle Young – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2024
A scoping review was conducted to examine current Canadian research on learning disabilities (LD). Ninety-six articles were found in LD specific journals that were written by researchers from Canadian universities between 2013-2023. Their research could be incapsulated into 10 themes: (a) reading and literacy, (b) language and linguistics, (c)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulties
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Deborah K. Reed – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2022
This conceptual paper addresses fluency instruction and assessment for students with or at risk for reading disabilities. Although a multidimensional construct, fluency tests more often have been limited to measuring students' reading rate and accuracy. The reasons for this are explained as well as how fluency tests have influenced classroom…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Reading Instruction, At Risk Students, Reading Difficulties
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Boon, Richard T.; Urton, Karolina; Grünke, Matthias; Ko, Eun Hye – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2020
This paper provides a current and thorough review of the literature on the use of video modeling for students with learning disabilities published over the last four and a half decades. Eight video modeling intervention studies were retrieved and grouped into four areas: (a) mathematics, (b) reading, (c) social studies, and (d) social behavior.…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities
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Allsopp, David H.; Haley, Keri C. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2015
This paper reports the results of a synthesis of research related to teacher education, mathematics, and students with learning disabilities (SWLD) and other struggling learners. The goals of this synthesis were to determine the nature of the current research base (2004-2014) and to determine how it can inform teacher educators about the effective…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Learning Disabilities
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Filippatou, Diamanto; Dimitropoulou, Panagiota; Sideridis, Georgios – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2009
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the differences between students with LD and SLI on emotional psychopathology and cognitive variables. In particular, the study examined whether cognitive, emotional, and psychopathology variables are significant discriminatory variables of speech and language disordered groups versus those…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Definitions, Language Impairments, Psychopathology
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Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2003
Getting research-based instructional practices into the hands of professionals who teach students with learning disabilities is one of the most significant challenges for educators. This paper describes some of the major factors accounting for the gaps that exist between the special education research and classroom practice and presents four major…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Teacher Educators, Special Education