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Comparisons in Reading and Reading-Related Tasks among Students with Average Intellectual Ability and Students with Mild Mental Retardation.
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Cawley, John F.; Parmar, Rene S. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1995
Comparison of 80 "good" and 80 "poor" readers of either average intellectual ability or with mild mental retardation found relatively consistent differences between "good" and "poor" readers in each sample. The "poor" readers in each sample met the discrepancy standard for learning disability.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development, Learning Disabilities
Vitamin Therapy and Children with Down's Syndrome: A Review of Research.
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Pruess, James B.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1989
Following a brief outline of vitamin therapy's effects on schizophrenia and learning disabilities, research is reviewed on vitamin therapy for children with Down's Syndrome, concluding with a discussion of critical responses to research endorsing vitamin therapy. It is concluded that vitamin therapy contributes nothing to the development of…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Downs Syndrome, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Development
Gender, Self-Concept, and Reading Disabilities.
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Fink, Rosalie P. – Thalamus: Journal of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities, 2000
A study of highly successful men and women with reading disabilities used a developmental approach to investigate how, and under what conditions, males and females with reading disabilities develop high literacy levels and resilient self-concepts. The 60 participants in the study included a Nobel laureate, a member of the National Academy of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Intellectual Development