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Learning Disabilities Identification: Do Researchers Have the Answer?
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Olson, Judy L.; Mealor, David J. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
Analysis of 113 studies revealed that researchers most often selected their learning disabled sample on the bases of academic, age and sex, and intelligence components. Less than half used the process or exclusion components or included a description of grade placement. (CL)
Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities
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
Social Skills Assessment Technology for LD Students.
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Gresham, Frank M.; Elliott, Stephen N. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
The article examines advances and remaining psychometric problems in social skills assessment technology for students with learning disabilities. Assessment is related to a proposed definition of learning disabilities by the Interagency Committee on Learning Disabilities which identifies social skills deficits as a primary learning disability. (DB)
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence
Definition for Definitions of Learning Disabilities.
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Kavale, Kenneth A.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
This article examines the problem of definition in learning disabilities. It discusses the failure of conceptual definitions to provide a clear idea of what learning disabilities are, examines the true nature of available definitions as stipulative definitions, and notes the difficulty in conceptualizing and implementing operational definitions.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Operational Definitions and Learning Disabilities: An Overview.
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Swanson, H. Lee – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
The National Joint Committee for Learning Disabilities' definition of learning disabilities is presented, followed by a discussion of parameters to be considered in operationalizing the definition. Major definitional issues are then explored, including using testable and meaningful constructs, linking definitions to neuropsychological evidence,…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Learning Disabilities Definitions and Criteria Used by State Education Departments.
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Mercer, Cecil D.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1990
A survey of 51 state departments of education focused on learning disabilities definitions, identification criteria, and operationalization procedures. Results showed the continued impact of the 1977 federal definition and criteria. Findings are compared with those from a 1985 survey and discussed in terms of trends, prereferral interventions,…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Two Key Concepts in the Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities and the Habilitation of Learning.
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Reynolds, Cecil R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1992
Two key concepts in diagnosing learning disabilities ("severe discrepancy" and "process dysfunction") are reviewed, and their relationship to the habilitation of learning is discussed. Guidelines are given for calculating a severe discrepancy, and the evaluation of processing skills is discussed. Strength models of remediation…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Age, Clinical Diagnosis
Defining Reading and Writing Disabilities with and without IQ: A Flexible, Developmental Perspective.
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Berninger, Virginia; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1992
Developmental and criterion reading and writing measures were administered to 300 primary-level students, revealing that elimination of IQ in the definition of learning disabilities would dramatically affect who is identified as learning disabled. A two-stage assessment model analyzing absolute criteria without IQ and relative criteria with IQ is…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Evaluation Methods
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