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Teacher Biases in the Identification of Learning Disabilities: An Application of the Logistic Multilevel Model
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Sideridis, Georgios D.; Antoniou, Faye; Padeliadu, Susana – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2008
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the presence of teacher biases with regard to identification of students with learning disabilities (LD). Factors related to teachers' gender, age, and experience, along with children's gender, were investigated. Results suggested that teacher gender is associated with biases with regard to…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Identification, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Revisiting Classification and Identification
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Keogh, Barbara K. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
This article discusses issues of classification and identification, while evaluating some of the continuing controversies about learning disabilities (LD) related to those topics. The author suggests that many problems have to do with confusion between the two. Despite years of effort and an extraordinary increase in the number of individuals…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Individual Characteristics, Classification, Learning Disabilities
Diagnostic Classification of LD: A Practical Necessity and a Procedural Problem.
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Adelman, Howard S. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1979
In the first of two articles, the author discusses purposes of and problems involved in diagnosing learning disabilities (LD). Sections focus on three topics: the relationship between LD diagnosis and other assessment activity, the objectives of diagnostic classification, and specific conceptual concerns regarding the LD label. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods, Labeling (of Persons)
Discrepancy and Severity in the Learning Disabled: A Consolidated Perspective.
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Weller, Carol – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1980
The paper presents a consolidated criteria model which can be used to identify the discrepancy and severity level of learning disabled students. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Comparative Efficacy of K-ABC Subtests vs. WISC-R Subtests in the Differential Classification of Learning Disabilities.
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Glutting, Joseph J.; Bear, George G. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
The study evaluated the utility of Kaufman-Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) subtests in differentiating learning-disabled children from students with other handicapping conditions, and compared K-ABC subtests with Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised subtests. Results showed that subtest scores did not enhance differential…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Identifying Reading Disabilities by Responsiveness-to-Instruction: Specifying Measures and Criteria
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Fuchs, Douglas; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Compton, Donald L. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2004
This article first describes two types of assessment (problem solving and standard treatment protocol) within a "responsiveness-to-instruction" framework to identify learning disabilities. It then specifies two necessary components (measures and classification criteria) to assess responsiveness-to-instruction, and present pertinent findings from…
Descriptors: Identification, Problem Solving, Grade 1, Reading Difficulties
Classifying Students by Inferred Motivation to Learn.
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Adelman, Howard S.; Taylor, Linda – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1983
A schema for categorizing a student's inferred motivation to learn was tested with 37 students (9 to 18 years old), who had been referred because of a diagnosis of learning disability. Students were classified on three dimensions: level of motivation, degree of misbehavior, and degree of learning ability. (SW)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Behavior Problems, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education
The Profession of Learning Disabilities: Progress and Promises.
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Polloway, Edward A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002
This article focuses on the status of the learning disabilities field, including the accomplishments as well as elements of the unfinished agenda that are needed to move the field forward. Drawing on contributions of influential special educators, it discusses how these foundations provide a basis for future developments in the field. (Contains…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Assessment