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Peer reviewedPoplin, Mary; Phillips, LeRae – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1993
This article explores differences in language development, experience, and use by various cultures. The paper contends that a lack of understanding of multiple views and the characteristics of various languages can result in both misdiagnosis and inappropriate instruction for many individuals labeled "learning disabled." (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCousin, Patricia Tefft; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1993
This case study of the literacy strategies used by a young adolescent male with learning disability revealed that the student produced unsophisticated literacy behaviors in traditional academic contexts, whereas more sophisticated uses were exhibited in contexts that bridged the student's personal and cultural knowledge to literacy use in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Junior High Schools, Language Usage, Learning Disabilities
